commons

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: kŏmʹənz, IPA(key): /ˈkɑmənz/ (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kŏmʹənz, IPA(key): /ˈkɒmənz/ Hyphenation: com‧mons === Noun === commons plural of common === Noun === commons (usually singular in construction) A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or university; a similar shared space elsewhere. (usually singular in construction) A common (common land); especially, a central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area. (figuratively) The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information. Synonym: res communis The common people collectively, the third estate, the people not belonging to the nobility or clergy. Synonym: commoners (chiefly historical) The free burghers/bourgeoisie of a given town, taken collectively. (euphemistic, obsolete) An outhouse. Synonyms: common house, House of Commons; see also Thesaurus:outhouse (obsolete, UK, Oxford University) Food served at a fixed rate from the college buttery, distinguished from battels. 1875, Walter Bradford Woodgate, "Oars and Sculls," and How to Use Them (page 125) 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. Food in general; rations. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === commons third-person singular simple present indicative of common === References === “commons”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === commons on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Verb === commons inflection of commer: first-person plural present indicative first-person plural imperative