Definitions for Commonplace
ˈkɒm ənˌpleɪscom·mon·place

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromideadjective

   a trite or obvious remark

2. commonplaceadjective

   completely ordinary and unremarkable

   "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities"

3. commonplace, humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourousadjective

   not challenging; dull and lacking excitement

   "an unglamorous job greasing engines"

4. banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, well-wornadjective

   repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

   "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. commonplacenoun

   A platitude or cliché.

2. commonplacenoun

   Something that is ordinary.

3. commonplaceverb

   To make a commonplace book.

4. commonplaceadjective

   ordinary; having no remarkable features

   The furniture in the house was commonplace, nice but boring and mundane.

5. Etymology: A calque of locus comunis, referring to a generally applicable literary passage, itself is a calque of κοινός τόπος.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Commonplaceverb

   To reduce to general heads.

   I do not apprehend any difficulty in collecting and commonplacing an universal history from the whole body of historians. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commonplace

   Commonplace refers to something that is ordinary, not unusual, frequently encountered, or typically found in a certain place or situation. It is often used to describe things like ideas, opinions, or objects that are conventional or unremarkable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Commonplaceadjective

   common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation

2. Commonplacenoun

   an idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude

3. Commonplacenoun

   a memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to

4. Commonplaceverb

   to enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads

5. Commonplaceverb

   to utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commonplace in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Commonplace in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Commonplace in a Sentence

1. Jay Gruden:

   I think people in personal circles talk their own personal way from their own groups they think are private, you may say some stuff to a good buddy of yours you’ve known for a long time that you wouldn’t say to anybody else in the world. On the golf course, I might say a few things I would never say to anyone else. Just the way it is. [Jon’s] a great person, great human and great football coach but I wouldn’t say it’s commonplace. It just happened the way it happened.

2. Jack Kerouac, On the Road:

   The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing.

3. Hazlitt:

   Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there are few giants or dwarfs. The heaviest charge we can bring against the general texture of society is that it is commonplace. Our fancied superiority to others is in some one thing which we think most of because we excel in it, or have paid most attention to it; whilst we overlook their superiority to us in something else which they set equal and exclusive store by.

4. Josh Hawley:

   Eric Greitens know what I'm talking about, the 1960s, 1970s, it became commonplace in our culture among our cultural elites, Hollywood, and the media to talk about -- to denigrate the biblical truth about husband and wife, man and woman.

5. Seán O'Casey:

   The drama's altar isn't on the stage: it is candle-sticked and flowered in the box office. There is the gold, though there be no frankincense or myrrh; and the gospel for the day always The Play will Run for a Year. The Dove of Inspiration, of the desire for inspiration, has flown away from it; and on it's roof, now, the commonplace crow caws candidly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Commonplace
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Commonplace
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Commonplace
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Commonplace
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Commonplace