commonplace
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noun \ˈkä-mən-ˌplās\Definition of COMMONPLACE
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archaic : a striking passage entered in a commonplace book
See Examples of COMMONPLACE
- It is a commonplace that we only use a small part of our brain's capacity.
- We now accept cell phones and laptop computers as commonplaces of everyday life.
Origin of COMMONPLACE
translation of Latin locus communis widely applicable argument, translation of Greek koinos topos
First Known Use: 1561
Related to COMMONPLACE
Related Words: conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype
Near Antonyms: profundity
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Rhymes with COMMONPLACE
about-face, aerospace, anyplace, boniface, bouillabaisse, carapace, catalase, cellulase, contrabass, cyberspace, database, diabase, diastase, double-space, elastase, everyplace, hydrolase, hydrospace, hyperspace, interface, interlace, interspace, invertase, kilobase, lemures, lowercase, marketplace, oxidase, pillowcase, reductase, Samothrace, single-space, steeplechase, thoroughbass, thoroughbrace, triple-space, uppercase
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