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common
     1. adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
           The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
           Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
     2. adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
           It is common to find sharks off this coast.
     3. adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
           Sharks are common in these waters.
     4. adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
     5. adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
     6. adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
     7. adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
     8. adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
     9. adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
     10. n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
     11. n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
     12. n. The people; the community.
     13. n. (legal) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the ri
     14. v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
     15. v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
     16. v. (obsolete) To have sex.
     17. v. (obsolete) To participate.
     18. v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
     19. v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.
sense
     1. n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
     2. n. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
           a sense of security
     3. n. Sound practical or moral judgment.
           It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
     4. n. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
           You don’t make any sense.
           the true sense of words or phrases
     5. n. A natural appreciation or ability.
           A keen musical sense
     6. n. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
     7. n. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
     8. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
     9. n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
     10. n. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
     11. v. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
     12. v. To instinctively be aware.
           She immediately sensed her disdain.
     13. v. To comprehend.
practical
     1. n. (British) A part of an exam or series of exams in which the candidate has to demonstrate their practical ability
     2. adj. Based on practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis
           Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.
     3. adj. Being likely to be effective and applicable to a real situation; able to be put to use
           Jack's knowledge has the practical benefit of giving us useful prototype parts.
     4. adj. Of a person, having skills or knowledge that are practical
           All in all, Jack's a very practical chap.
intelligence
     1. n. (mostly) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn.
     2. n. An entity that has such capacities.
     3. n. (mostly) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
     4. n. A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
     5. n. (dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.
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