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Collocations for common - adj.

1. happening/found often

VERBS

be, seem
become
remain

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
These problems now seem fairly common.
increasingly

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PREPOSITION

among, in
Stomach pain is very common in children.

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2. shared

VERBS

be

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PREPOSITION

to
This attitude is common to most young men in the armed services.

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PHRASES

have sth in common
Jane and I have nothing in common.
I have nothing in common with Jane.
The two cultures have a lot in common.
hold sth in common
They hold the property as tenants in common (= they share it).
in common with (esp. BrE)
India, in common with (= like) many other countries, has experienced major changes over the last 100 years.

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3. (BrE) showing a lack of education

VERBS

be, seem, sound
I wish you wouldn't use that word—it sounds so common.

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ADVERB

very
a bit, rather, slightly
I don't like Sandra. She seems a little common to me.

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Common is used with these nouns:
abbreviation, ailment, aim, ancestor, ancestry, assault, assent, assumption, attribute, belief, bird, bond, border, boundary, cause, characteristic, cold, complaint, complication, component, concern, consensus, consent, core, courtesy, criminal, criticism, currency, decency, descent, dilemma, disease, disorder, end, enemy, enterprise, era, error, example, expectation, experience, explanation, expression, factor, failing, fate, fault, feature, foe, folk, form, framework, front, frontier, goal, good, grave, ground, herd, heritage, humanity, identity, illness, ingredient, interest, kind, knowledge, land, language, law, link, market, method, mineral, misconception, mistake, misunderstanding, morality, mutation, myth, name, need, notion, noun, object, objection, objective, observation, occurrence, origin, ownership, parasite, people, perception, pest, phenomenon, phrase, pitfall, politeness, pollutant, pool, practice, problem, procedure, property, prostitute, purpose, reaction, reason, refrain, remedy, room, root, run, salt, saying, scenario, sense, sentiment, set, side effect, sight, slang, soldier, species, standard, stereotype, stock, surname, symptom, tendency, term, terminology, theme, thief, thread, tongue, trait, truth, type, understanding, usage, use, value, vision, vocabulary, wisdom, yardstick

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