Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common cause

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.97 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -cause
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shared purpose.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common, cause.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And now a common enemy—pollution—promises to press the littoral nations of the Baltic into common cause."
"An open invite has been given to all UK workers to join in common cause with the union, as more than 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies walked out on June 21 in the first of three 24-hour strikes over pay, conditions and job security."

Usage

Inflected Forms

common causes (plural)

Phrases

make common cause

Frequently Paired Words

common good rallying point cause célèbre

Questions

What does common cause mean?: A shared purpose.

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