commons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏmʹənz
ipa: /ˈkɑmənz/
enpr: kŏmʹənz
ipa: /ˈkɒmənz/
Senses: glosses: A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared spaced elsewhere.
raw_tags: in construction
examples: text: The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.
text: The commons is the green space surrounded by the village hall, the school, and the church.
text: The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.
glosses: A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area.
raw_tags: in construction
examples: text: "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.
synonyms: res communis
glosses: The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.
examples: text: We in the name of other Perſean ſtates [i.e. nobles],
And commons of this mightie Monarchy,
Preſent thee with the Emperiall Diadem.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
glosses: The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy
glosses: The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively.
synonyms: word: common house
word: House of Commons
word: backhouse
word: backside
word: bog
word: boggard
word: boghouse
word: carsey
word: chamber foreign
word: common house
word: commons
word: Cousin John
word: craphouse
word: danna
word: draught
word: draught-house
word: dunnekin
word: dunny
word: earth closet
word: foreign
word: gang
word: gingerbread office
word: gong
word: gonghouse
word: House of Commons
word: house of ease
word: house of easement
word: house of office
word: issue
word: jacques
word: jakes
word: jakeshouse
word: johnny house
word: karzy
word: khazi
word: kocay
word: little house
word: long drop
word: longhouse
word: necessary
word: necessary house
word: necessary place
word: necessary vault
word: neddy
word: netty
word: outhouse
word: passage house
word: petty
word: petty-house
word: privy
word: privy house
word: purging place
word: retreat
word: shield
word: shithouse
word: shouse
word: siege
word: siegehouse
word: thunderbox
word: usual offices
word: vault
word: wardrobe
word: withdraught
glosses: An outhouse.
examples: text: At the same time, the fashion at Oxford of confining lunch to a "commons" of bread and butter and a glass of beer till the crew reaches Putney (when a little meat is allowed,) is unreasonable.
ref: 1875, Walter Bradford Woodgate, "Oars and Sculls," and How to Use Them (page 125)
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels.
examples: text: short commons
glosses: Food in general; rations.
Derived terms: Commons House
digital commons
House of Commons
pinch-commons
tragedy of the commons
Related terms: common
commoner