Definitions for commons
com·mons

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. park, commons, common, greennoun

   a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

   "they went for a walk in the park"

2. commons, common landnoun

   a pasture subject to common use

3. commonalty, commonality, commonsnoun

   a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

4. third estate, Commonsnoun

   the common people

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commonsnoun

   A dining hall, usually at a college or university.

2. commonsnoun

   A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common.

3. commonsnoun

   The mutual good of all; the abstract concept of resources shared by more than one, for example air, water, information.

   "The tragedy of the commons" is that none wish to make sacrifices of their or their family's interests for the common good.

4. Commonsnoun

   The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminister system of parliamentary democracy.

5. Commonsnoun

   The House of Commons, part of the parliament of the United Kingdom.

6. Commonsnoun

   The House of Commons, part of the parliament of Canada.

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

1. Commonsnoun

   1. The vulgar; the lower people; those who inherit no honours.

   Little office
   The hateful commons will perform for us;
   Except, like curs, to tear us all in pieces. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   Hath he not pass’d the nobles and the commons? William Shakespeare.

   These three to kings and chiefs their scenes display,
   The rest before the ignoble commons play. John Dryden, Fables.

   The gods of greater nations dwell around,
   And, on the right and left, the palace bound;
   The commons where they can: the nobler sort,
   With winding doors wide open, front the court. Dryden.

   2. The lower house of parliament, by which the people are represented, and of which the members are chosen by the people.

   My good lord,
   How now for mitigation of this bill
   Urg’d by the commons? Doth his majesty
   Incline to it, or no? William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   In the house of commons many gentlemen, unsatisfied of his guilt, durst not condemn him. Charles I .

   3. Food; fare; diet: so called from colleges, where it is eaten in common.

   He painted himself of a dove-colour, and took his commons with the pigeons. Roger L'Estrange.

   Mean while she quench’d her fury at the flood,
   And with a lenten sallad cool’d her blood:
   Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant;
   Nor did their minds an equal banquet want. Dryden.

   The doctor now obeys the summons,
   Likes both his company and commons;
   Displays his talent; sits ’till ten;
   Next day invited, comes again. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commons

   The commons is the cultural and natural resources accessible to all members of a society, including natural materials such as air, water, and a habitable earth. These resources are held in common, not owned privately. Commons can also be understood as natural resources that groups of people (communities, user groups) manage for individual and collective benefit. Characteristically, this involves a variety of informal norms and values (social practice) employed for a governance mechanism. Commons can be also defined as a social practice of governing a resource not by state or market but by a community of users that self-governs the resource through institutions that it creates .

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. commons

   Commons refers to cultural and natural resources that are accessible to all members of a society, such as air, water, and a habitable earth. These resources are held in common, i.e., not owned privately. Commons can also refer to shared public spaces, such as parks, community centers, and public squares.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Commons

   the mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people

2. Commons

   the House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities

3. Commons

   provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities

4. Commons

   a club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons

5. Commons

   a common; public pasture ground

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COMMONS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Commons is ranked #21393 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Commons surname appeared 1,223 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Commons.
   
   84.3% or 1,032 total occurrences were White.
   10.8% or 133 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 27 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.8% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Class
   • Estate Of The Realm
   • Pasture
   • Tract
   • Urban Area

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'commons' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3038

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'commons' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4630

How to pronounce commons?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say commons in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of commons in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of commons in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of commons in a Sentence

1. Emmanuel Macron:

   The third rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the Commons, as well as the rejections of any alternative, pave the way for a no-deal exit.

2. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn:

   Let us, as a House of Commons, work now to find a solution to deal with the crisis facing this country and the deep concerns that many people have for their livelihoods, their lives, their future, their jobs, their communities and their factories.

3. William Blake:

   I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life.

4. Nigel Farage:

   The consequences of me failing to secure a seat for myself in the [House of] Commons would be significant for both myself and the party, it is frankly just not credible for me to continue to lead the party without a Westminster seat ... If I fail to win South Thanet, it is curtains for me. I will have to step down.

5. Brandon Lewis:

   As a set of principles, one of the things we need to be able to do ... is the ability to do those international trade deals, to be able to trade globally around the world, and have an independent trade policy, that means we can't stay in the current EU customs union, there are a whole range of meetings today between senior ministers and colleagues around the House of Commons. We will listen to what people have to say.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=commons
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Commons
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=commons
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commons
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html