Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common ground

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -ground
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, ground; especially, common land.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The first thing to do is to find common ground with the person you just met."
"You'll say, we've got nothing in common No common ground to start from And we're falling apart"
"On Monday, he tasked his third prime minister in 12 months, Sébastien Lecornu, to try again to find common ground between political parties dead set against doing so."

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

common good make common cause res communis the commons well-grounded

Frequently Paired Words

common common good commonplace make common cause res communis the commons well-grounded

Questions

What does common ground mean?: A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common.

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