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In common Moderate

In common has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adverb · Prep_phrase

Definitions
Adverb
1

of joint or shared interest

"we have several things in common"

"when an audience is responding to a play they are identifying what they have in common with the human beings on stage"

2

in joint use or possession

"mites are arachnids, but they have a lot in common with insects"

"property held in common"

Prep_phrase
1

Shared with one or more others.

Example Sentences
"we have several things in common" adverb
"when an audience is responding to a play they are identifying what they have in common with the human beings on stage" adverb
"mites are arachnids, but they have a lot in common with insects" adverb
"property held in common" adverb
See Also
identical coprime common ancestor commonalty relatively prime consanguine pro indiviso commonship
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
mon amon emon cmon demon momon armon kimon ramon somon womon simon ummon semon comon damon jamon dimon lemon eamon
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