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Frequency: 7.040.1 per million words

a feature shared by all members of a group

commoncommon + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • This attitude is common to most young men in the armed services.
  • A cellular structure is common to all living organisms.
  • The desire for happiness is a trait common to all humanity.
  • Budget constraints are a problem common to many small businesses.
  • The theme of unrequited love is common to many of his early poems.
  • This specific vulnerability is common to all devices running the older software.
  • A strong sense of community was common to the villages of that era.
  • The instinct to protect their young is common to most animal species.
  • A feeling of dissatisfaction was common to the employees after the announcement.
  • Certain grammatical features are common to all languages in that family.