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. | |