commonplace

pronunciation

How to pronounce commonplace in British English: UK [ˈkɒmənpleɪs] word uk audio image

How to pronounce commonplace in American English: US [ˈkɑːmənpleɪs] word us audio image

Noun:

a trite or obvious remark
Adjective:

obvious and dull
completely ordinary and unremarkable
not challenging; dull and lacking excitement
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Word Origin

commonplace (n.): 1540s, "a statement generally accepted," literal translation of Latin locus communis, from Greek koinos topos "general topic." See common (adj.) + place (n.). The adjectival sense of "having nothing original" dates from c. 1600.

Synonym

adj.

undistinguished regular standard humdrum workaday stock ordinary usual routine average general pedestrian run-of-the-mill everyday mediocre typical

adj.

platitudinous bromidic hackneyed moth-eaten trivial new banal threadbare stereotyped prosy worn-out old-hat not trite stock matter-of-fact

n.

cliche stereotype saying banality platitude chestnut old maxim trite twaddle

Example

1. In ten years , a 20-inch lcd with much higher resolution will be commonplace .

2. They view behaviors that are globally commonplace - say , vegetarianism - as deviant .

3. The shift eastwards in global economic power has become a commonplace of political discourse .

4. Divorce , living together without marrying , and single motherhood are now commonplace .

5. Now , such alliances have become almost commonplace .

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