Common may refer to:
Places
* Common, a townland in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
, Northern Ireland
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Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts
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Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Clapham Common, originally common land, now a park in London, UK
* Common Moss, a townland in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
, Northern Ireland
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Lexington Common, a common land area in Lexington, Massachusetts
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Salem Common Historic District, a common land area in Salem, Massachusetts
People
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Common (rapper)
Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known by his stage name Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor. He debuted in 1992 with the album ''Can I Borrow a Dollar?,'' and gained critical acclaim with his 1994 a ...
(born 1972), American hip hop artist, actor, and poet
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Andrew Ainslie Common
Andrew Ainslie Common Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (1841–1903) was an English amateur astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astrophotography.
Biography
Common was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne on 7 August 1841. His father, Thomas ...
(born 1841), English amateur astronomer
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Andrew Common
Sir Lawrence Andrew Common (31 March 1889 – 6 April 1953) was a British shipping director.England & Wales Deaths Index 1953, June quarter, "Common, Lawrence A.", Northumberland West, volume 1b, page 394 (born 1889), British shipping director
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John Common
John Common is an American songwriter, musician and singer based in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Common spent most of his youth in Pensacola, Florida. When he was thirteen years old, Common found h ...
, American songwriter, musician and singer
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Thomas Common
Thomas Common (1850–1919)David S. Thatcher, ''Nietzsche in England, 1890-1914'', University of Toronto Press, 1970. was a translator and critic, who translated several books by Friedrich Nietzsche into English. There is little information about ...
(born 1850), Scottish translator and literary critic
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Common'' (film), a 2014 BBC One film, written by Jimmy McGovern, on the UK's Joint Enterprise Law
* Dol Common, a character in
''The Alchemist'' by Ben Jonson
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Harvard Common Press of Boston, Massachusetts, a publisher of cookbooks and parenting books
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The Common Room
''The Common Room'' is an interactive TV show on ITV Play. ''The Common Room'' main presenters were Tim Dixon and Emma Lee. Zö Christien also presented occasionally.
Format
''The Common Room'' launched on ITV Play on Monday 31 July 2006. ''The ...
'', a former interactive TV show on ITV Play
*”Common”, a song by Zayn from his 2018 album
Icarus Falls
''Icarus Falls'' is the second solo studio album by English singer-songwriter Zayn. It was released on 14 December 2018, as a double album by RCA Records.
Originally planned for 2017, the album was delayed so that Zayn could focus on the aesthe ...
Religion
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Common (liturgy), a part of certain Christian liturgy
* Common, translation of
tum'ah, a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible
Science and technology
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COMMON
Common may refer to:
Places
* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
* Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts
* Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts
* Clapham Common, originally com ...
, the largest association of users of mid-range IBM computers
* COMMON, a
Fortran statement
* Common or
vernacular
A vernacular or vernacular language is in contrast with a "standard language". It refers to the language or dialect that is spoken by people that are inhabiting a particular country or region. The vernacular is typically the native language, n ...
, the layman's but not scientific name of a plant or animal
Other uses
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Common (behavior)
Vulgarity is the quality of being common, coarse, or unrefined. This judgement may refer to language, visual art, social class, or social climbers. John Bayley (writer), John Bayley claims the term can never be self-referential, because to be aware ...
, vulgar behavior or attitude of a common person
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Common (company)
Common is an American coliving company founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York City. Brad Hargreaves is the company's CEO and founder. As of June 2020, Common manages 48 multifamily buildings in nine cities across the U.S.: New York, Jersey ...
, an American coliving company founded in 2015
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Common (horse)
Common (1888–1912) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from May to September 1891 he ran five times and won four races. He became the fifth, and the most lighty-raced horse to win the English Triple Cro ...
, a British thoroughbred racehorse
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Common Application
The Common Application (more commonly known as the Common App) is an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to over 1,000 member colleges and universities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as we ...
, an undergraduate college admission application
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Common land
Common land is land owned by a person or collectively by a number of persons, over which other persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect Wood fuel, wood, or to cut turf for fuel.
A person ...
or town common, land on which multiple entities share certain traditional rights, such as grazing livestock or collecting firewood
* Common language, also known as
lingua franca
A lingua franca (; ; for plurals see ), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups ...
, a language shared by speakers of different mother tongues
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Common Room (university)
A common room is a group into which students and the academic body are organised in some universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland—particularly collegiate universities such as Oxford and Cambridge, as well as the University of Bristol ...
or combination room, organized groups of students and the academic body that provide representation in the organisation of college or dormitory life, to operate certain services within these institutions such as laundry or recreation, and to provide opportunities for socialising
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Common room
A common room is a type of shared lounge, most often found in halls of residence or dormitories, at (for example) universities, colleges, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. They are generally con ...
, shared space in a building
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Common (script)
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'', name for generic script characters, ISO code
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Common Good (disambiguation)
In philosophy, economics, and political science, the common good (also commonwealth, general welfare, or public benefit) is either what is shared and beneficial for all or most members of a given community, or alternatively, what is achieved by c ...
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Common knowledge (disambiguation)
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Commoner (disambiguation)
A commoner is a person who is not a member of the nobility or priesthood.
Commoner(s) may also refer to: Status or membership
* Commoner (academia), a term used at some universities for a student not receiving a scholarship or exhibition
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Commons (disambiguation)
Commons is a general term for shared resources, typically used in political economic theory.
Commons may also refer to:
Shared resources
* Common good (disambiguation)
* Common land, shared areas of land; has a specific legal meaning in the Br ...
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The Common (disambiguation) The Common may refer to:
Places
* The Common, Brinkworth, England
* The Common, Broughton Gifford, England
* The Common, Queensland, suburb of Rockhampton, Australia
* The Common, Suffolk, England, in Little Blakenham parish
* The Common, Winte ...
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