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单词 common
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common
(kɒmən )
Word forms: commoner , commonest , commons
1. adjective B1
If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway.
Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds.
Earthquakes are not common in this part of the world.
It was common practice for prisoners to carve objects from animal bones to pass the time.
Synonyms: usual, standard, daily, regular  
commonly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
Parsley is probably the most commonly used of all herbs.
2. adjective B1+
If something is common to two or more people or groups, it is done, possessed, or used by them all.
Moldavians and Romanians share a common language.
Such behaviour is common to all young people. [+ to]
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
When there are more animals or plants of a particular species than there are of related species, then the first species is called common.
...the common house fly.
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Common is used to indicate that someone or something is of the ordinary kind and not special in any way.
Common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.
Synonyms: ordinary, average, simple, typical  
5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Common decency or common courtesy is the decency or courtesy which most people have. You usually talk about this when someone has not shown these characteristics in their behaviour to show your disapproval of them. [disapproval]
It is common decency to give your seat to anyone in greater need.
He didn't have the common courtesy to ask permission.
6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2
You can use common to describe knowledge, an opinion, or a feeling that is shared by people in general.
It is common knowledge that swimming is one of the best forms of exercise.
...the common view that acupuncture is only a fringe area of medicine.
commonly adverb [ADVERB -ed]
A little adolescent rebellion is commonly believed to be healthy.
7. adjective
If you describe someone or their behaviour as common, you mean that they show a lack of taste, education, and good manners. [disapproval]
She might be a little common at times, but she was certainly not boring.
Synonyms: vulgar, low, inferior, coarse  
8. countable noun
A common is an area of grassy land, usually in or near a village or small town, where the public is allowed to go.
We are warning women not to go out on to the common alone.
...Wimbledon Common.
In American English, the commons is also used.
...people who have the greatest need for the use of the commons, the public space.
9. proper noun [with singular or plural verb]
The Commons is the same as the House of Commons. The members of the House of Commons can also be referred to as the Commons.
The Prime Minister is to make a statement in the Commons this afternoon.
The Commons has spent over three months on the bill.
10.  See also lowest common denominator
11. in common phrase B1
If two or more things have something in common, they have the same characteristic or feature.
The oboe and the clarinet have got certain features in common.
In common with most Italian lakes, access to the shores of Orta is restricted. [+ with]
12. in common phrase B1
If two or more people have something in common, they share the same interests or experiences.
He had very little in common with his sister. [+ with]
13. to make common cause with someone phrase [VERB inflects]
If one group of people makes common cause with another, they act together in order to achieve a particular aim even though their aims and beliefs are normally very different. [journalism]
British MPs should make common cause with MPs from across Europe.
14. the common good phrase [oft for PHR]
If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
...communities working together for the common good.
Many of them placed self-interest before the common good.
15. common ground phrase
If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
16. the common touch phrase
If you say that someone has the common touch, you mean that they have the natural ability to have a good relationship with ordinary people and be popular with them. [approval]
Unlike many senior judges, he has consistently shown that he has the common touch.
Idioms:
find common ground
to come to an agreement on something
The participants seem unable to find common ground on the issue of agriculture.
common as muck [British, offensive]
lower-class
Leary guessed correctly that his guests were as common as muck and planned the menu accordingly.
the common touch
the quality that some people in a position of power have of being able to understand how ordinary people think and feel and of being able to communicate with them
Yudhoyono is seen as a politician with the common touch, who sings, writes poetry and plays guitar in a band.
Collocations:
common complaint
Throughout the campaign the most common complaint heard was that people just did not understand the issues.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are multiple etiologies for this common complaint in which most are benign such as cervicitis or cervical polyps.
Christopher M. Tarney, Jasmine Han 2014, 'Postcoital Bleeding: A Review on Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management', Obstetrics and Gynecology International
When couples present for marital therapy the most common complaint a therapist hears is that men don't talk.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
common complication
Deep vein thrombosis - a blood clot typically in the lower leg - is a common complication of major orthopaedic surgery.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
These difficulties are a common complication of a Caesarean.
The Sun (2012)
Postoperative hypocalcaemia constituted the most common complication in this study.
Veerabhadra Rao Sirigineedi, Ramarao Kamadi 2017, 'A STUDY ON COMPLICATIONS OF THYROID SURGERY AT GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL KAKINADA', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare
common concern
In it she spoke to this common concern.
Christianity Today
There are also areas of common concern on policy.
Times, Sunday Times
The most common concern was the challenge of management's cashflow forecasts.
Times,Sunday Times
It said that caps on fees paid for routine procedures were a common concern.
Times, Sunday Times
Some 74 per cent are also deemed unsafe, with staff shortages the most common concern.
The Sun
common courtesy
It's all part of a 'common courtesy' campaign, targeting the likes of 'polehogging' and 'manspreading'.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was just to show my appreciation and some common courtesy.
The Sun (2010)
What about some common courtesy or a bit of mobile etiquette?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
common criminal
And we repay him by treating him like a common criminal.
The Sun
She was a common criminal fighting to keep her liberty.
Times, Sunday Times
His neighbors laughed at him, his family questioned his sanity, his closest friends betrayed him, and his fellow citizens traded his life for that of a common criminal.
Christianity Today
On the other hand, when it suits us to argue for the throwing away of keys, as befits any rotten but otherwise common criminal, we do that instead.
Times, Sunday Times
The professional photographer, who has not been named, said that he had been arrested, held for hours in a cell and treated like a common criminal.
Times, Sunday Times
common culture
Knowledge acquired and made available then creates, or at least directs, the common culture.
Times, Sunday Times
How long will it take for the new organisation to develop a common culture?
Times, Sunday Times
It's a mark of a civilised society to make artistic excellence part of a common culture.
Times, Sunday Times
But prisons everywhere have lost the common culture of how to do time, and a defined hierarchy of criminals.
Times, Sunday Times
This 'codeswitching' serves to stress the common culture that links the correspondents, but it can also be a means of holding a subject at arm's length.
The Times Literary Supplement
common decency
The script's message about the importance of scientific inquiry and common decency will be enough to command assent from audiences across the spectrum.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
This is what happens when political correctness gets in the way of common sense and common decency.
The Sun (2012)
For some people, common decency is thrown out the window at the sight of cordless mic.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They should be shamed into changing this policy to reflect common decency.
The Sun (2014)
I would be happy enough to give Henry here his bones back in the name of common sense, or maybe common decency.
Tony Hillerman TALKING GOD (2001)
common disease
There have been many advances in sports medicine, but no one has found a cure for the most common disease among managers: the itch.
Times, Sunday Times
They have a very common disease they will hopefully get treated and will resume their lives thereafter.
The Sun
Ophthalmitis was a common disease of sailors, possibly related to scurvy or poor nutrition.
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Insects such as mosquitoes and flies are by far the most common disease carrier, or vector.
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The most common disease category has been leukemia.
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common disorder
Anxiety disorders are one of the most common disorder types associated with treatment-resistant depression.
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Bromism was once a very common disorder, being responsible for 5-10% of psychiatric hospital admissions.
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This characteristic has also proven beneficial for people suffering from metabolic syndrome, a common disorder that includes insulin resistance, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and an increased risk for blood clots.
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Here are the most common disorders to affect our snooze.
The Sun
The monasteries thus tended to become local centers of medical knowledge, and their herb gardens provided the raw materials for simple treatment of common disorders.
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common element
In short, the common element was good preaching.
Christianity Today
A common element of these was the brick faade.
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Another common element in his productions are space effects.
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Another complaint was the absence of a laugh track, a common element of prime-time shows at the time.
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Exterior stairs were another common element; the stairs would often climb up to a distinctive, full-length porch, on a home's front facade.
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common error
A common error is to shut down the air inlets too soon, before the stove has had a chance to heat up properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
It has been a common error to view prisoners as a homogeneous group with a set of common values.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
By the time they realized their common error, preliminary notices of the competition were in the public domain.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
The most common error that ladies of the house make is to befriend some members of staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
common experience
There is a yearning here for common experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One business leader recounts a common experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
First and foremost, it was a support group of people who had a common experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
common feature
Another common feature of metabolic syndrome is heightened inflammation — which has been implicated in depression.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The theme of castling on opposite sides of the board is a common feature in contemporary chess.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One common feature of mental illness is that sufferers keep their symptoms to themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Pedogenic carbonate nodules are a common feature throughout the entire profile as are stress cutans.
Daniel I. Hembree, Nicole D. Dzenowski 2012, 'Examining Local Climate Variability in the Late Pennsylvanian Through Paleosols: An Example from the Lower Conemaugh Group of Southeastern Ohio, USA', Geosciences
common folk
You don't want to be a muggle - one of the common folk on the main floor.
The Sun
It wasn't knocking common folk: it revealed that there was no such thing as common folk.
Times, Sunday Times
The six-acre site - broken up into 50 small plots - was first set aside for common folk to grow vegetables in 1809.
The Sun
They're driven by egomania and insecurity - and love taking the stage to harangue common folk.
The Sun
It's self-service for the common folk downstairs.
Times, Sunday Times
common goal
There is great camaraderie, a communal love of gardening and a common goal.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As a result they eschew objective measurement and supervisory control and substitute for them loyalty and devotion to a common goal.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
Getting on with people and working towards a common goal is second nature to her after ten years in the sport.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
common heritage
Our friendship was built on our common heritage and the values we shared.
Times, Sunday Times
The brands share a common heritage but divorced in 1973.
Times, Sunday Times
We encountered six species in a short space of time and in the same place, each occupying separate ecological niches but with a common heritage and shared characteristics.
Times, Sunday Times
People are entitled to want to live in societies that identify with a common heritage and goals.
Times, Sunday Times
The trio, based on common heritage and professional interests, forged a lasting friendship that extended through their lifetime.
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common humanity
But at this holiday we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together.
Times, Sunday Times
See, chemists unite us in our common humanity.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite the depth of hatred on both sides, the film manages to find their common humanity.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes someone will witness this, and sometimes they'll smile or laugh or sympathise, acknowledge our common humanity in some way at least.
Times, Sunday Times
Letters confirm our common humanity, transmitting reflections of our emotions from the far-distant past.
Times, Sunday Times
common identity
It defines individuals through common identity with others and makes it their duty to find shared bonds.
Times,Sunday Times
That, too, underestimates the strength of social cohesion to create and renew common identity.
Times, Sunday Times
They all share a common identity of being members in full standing, not second-rate members.
Christianity Today
People there are amazingly nationalistic and have a strong common identity.
Times, Sunday Times
Hopefully, the celebration next week and throughout this summer will help to foster a sense of common identity and belonging in fractured society.
Times, Sunday Times
common illness
Common illness has been rationalised, restructured and made fit for purpose in the 21st century.
Times, Sunday Times
The title refers to the most common illness among tourists.
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It's a diagnosis of a ridiculously obscure disease when it's much more likely that the patient has a common illness presenting with uncommon symptoms.
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These common illness were examined not because of their seriousness but because of their frequency.
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Trench fever was one of the most common illnesses on the front line, spread by lice that lived in soldiers' uniforms.
Times, Sunday Times
common infection
But it's much more likely to be tonsillitis, a common infection.
The Sun
Your doctor will also take a swab from your nose to see if you're carrying a common infection called staphylococcus aureus, which can also cause inflammation.
The Sun
Ear infections (otitis media) are the most common infection seen in autoimmune neutropenia and typically infection responds to antibiotic treatment alone.
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In 2006, the most common infection sites were urinary tract infections (30,3%), pneumopathy (14,7%), infections of surgery site (14,2%).
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Usually antibiotics aren't needed for common infections but the very young and old are more at risk from dehydration and breathing difficulties.
Times, Sunday Times
common injury
A fractured pelvis is a more common injury for racehorses than your average guy in the street, for all its shock value.
The Sun (2016)
Burns are the most common injury caused by radioactivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The most common injury was nonoccupational (82.3%) including sports related (23.9%) and road traffic accident (23.6%).
Rajendra P Maurya, Tanmay Srivastav, Virendra Pratap Singh, C P Mishra, Abdullah Al-Mujaini 2019, 'The epidemiology of ocular trauma in Northern India: A teaching hospital study', Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
common interest
The differences of approach to an idea such as the public interest make a nonsense of the idea that printed media have common interests.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
The common interest may be a sport or the same form at school.
Aiken, Nick Working with Teenagers (1994)
They have no common interest in overproduction.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
common method
Metaldehyde pellets, which you will find in the garden centre, are the most common method, but are looked at askance nowadays.
Times, Sunday Times
The most common method of approach was by telephone (52 per cent) though 37 per cent received a letter and 36 per cent an email.
Times, Sunday Times
The first surprise was the lack of roadblocks - a common method of preventing people attending rallies.
Times, Sunday Times
However, advancements in digital compositing and the increasing use of digital cameras have made digital the most common method of choice.
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The second and more common method uses potatoes or sweet potatoes as the starch source, and added acid, such as hydrochloric, sulfuric or nitric acids.
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common mistake
Another common mistake was to fail to ascertain the customer's attitude to risk and frequently recommend unsuitable higher-risk, share market-linked products paying high commission.
Times, Sunday Times
He believes the most common mistake will be spending too much capital too soon.
Times, Sunday Times
In small gardens it's a common mistake to use small, lowgrowing plants, which won't have any real impact.
Times, Sunday Times
This could be the most common mistake of all-and for good reason, because it's probably the toughest.
Christianity Today
The opener makes the common mistake of trying to generate suspense about a decision the viewer knows can only go one way.
Times, Sunday Times
common myth
For too long, careers talks in schools have assumed the common myth that only those with a pitchfork and wellies need apply.
Times, Sunday Times
According to the common myth about genies, destroying such a magical item destroys the genie itself.
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While his finances were always precarious, he did not live and die in poverty as was the common myth.
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An ethnic community shares a common myth of origins and descent, a common history, elements of distinctive culture, a common territorial association, and sense of group solidarity.
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The book reveals common myths behind the privacy debate and challenges critics who equate data-usage marketing with for-profit spying.
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common ownership
Once under common ownership, the record company and retailer are now independent, sharing only ownership of the picture.
Times, Sunday Times
The watchdog concluded what airlines had been saying for years: common ownership has been bad for competition and has made passengers' experience at airports worse.
Times, Sunday Times
The existing management team would be kept on and the two companies operated as separate operations with common ownership.
Times, Sunday Times
There are no clear synergies available from a merger, and even under common ownership the two would have to operate as separate entities.
Times, Sunday Times
In making this determination, courts consider factors such as interrelation of operations, common management, centralized control over labor relations and personnel, and common ownership or financial control.
Christianity Today
common parlance
By then the concrete shoes were common parlance.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Suddenly, they have entered common parlance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In common parlance he'd be called a fence.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The hashtag might have become part of our common parlance, but how much impact will it have on your wardrobe?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The phrase Big Brother has entered common parlance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
common pattern
For those responsible for paying the bills, a common pattern makes numerical decline more comfortable than growth.
Christianity Today
Witchcraft confessions tend to follow a common pattern, presumably because inquisitors virtually dictated what they wanted to hear and prisoners were too terrified not to assent.
Times, Sunday Times
This became a common pattern.
Times, Sunday Times
In year eight, he attended for only 286 half-days out of a possible 320, a common pattern among footballers.
Times, Sunday Times
The team has identified a common pattern among the loan sharks - to charge 10 per cent interest each month on the amount borrowed.
Times, Sunday Times
common phenomenon
Whatever the cause of wanting to regain control, it's a common phenomenon and often overrides good business sense.
Times, Sunday Times
Heat hazes are a common phenomenon at present, with distant objects shimmering as warm air rises above hot ground.
Times, Sunday Times
Embodying the common phenomenon of the 'wounded healer', she tried to volunteer for a local crisis centre that helps those in despair.
Times, Sunday Times
However, the investigators noted that plastic deformation at this location was a common phenomenon and only routine maintenance was required to repair the distress.
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Such fires were a common phenomenon aboard coal-fired ships and one of many reasons why marine transportation switched to oil in the early 1900s.
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common phrase
The now common phrase captures the essence of an investment of heart and courage and risk, not the mere investment of money.
Christianity Today
Will honesty one day turn a common phrase on its head?
Times, Sunday Times
But 'give us a light' appears in both works because it was an exceedingly common phrase.
The Times Literary Supplement
This was a common phrase meaning a person was so important to the operation it would be a risk if anything happened to that person.
Times, Sunday Times
With the endorsement of a broad range of individuals and organizations, designated driving became a national movement, with designated driver becoming a common phrase.
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common principle
Several different types of delay systems were invented for this purpose, with one common principle being that the information was stored acoustically in a medium.
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Under all forms of art, there lies a common principle.
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With these two genres, it shares the common principle of player hierarchy.
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But there are enough common principles and excellent advice here for anyone to give it a thorough reading.
Christianity Today
Instead, they overlap, and share common principles -- principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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common purpose
That joint enterprise could either rest on an agreement or common purpose to commit the affray or simple aiding and abetting of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It merely helps form a cohesive unit by giving the individuals involved a common purpose.
Kiam, Victor Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986)
Both share a common purpose of delivering care to those in need and helping people to live more productive lives.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A sense of common purpose will not be enough to make an independent Scotland thrive and prosper.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I'd rather rub along and do a good job, get on with the common purpose.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
common refrain
It is a common refrain - why spend money in space when we have problems here on Earth?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is an increasingly common refrain.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This has proved a common refrain.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The myth about road tax is a common refrain.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
common sentiment
That's a common sentiment among people who want to know more about the wild world.
Times, Sunday Times
Images such as these remain scarred into the face of fashion photography of the time and display a common sentiment among the fashionable world and the public.
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She has looked into mythology and folklore, industrial and domestic uses of trees, striking fantasies and common sentiments about them, and poets' responses to them.
The Times Literary Supplement
common sight
Sand lizards were once a common sight on heathland but their numbers have declined dramatically in recent decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Yet it is an increasingly common sight.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The troops are a common sight in local bars.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
common tactic
This was a common tactic of the era.
Times, Sunday Times
Working on this helpful plan made me reflect on another common tactic — aerial crossing.
Times, Sunday Times
The day we arrived they 'welcomed' us with chicken and chips, a common tactic in many prisons in which we had been held.
Times, Sunday Times
Can you spot this common tactic?
Times, Sunday Times
Is time-wasting a common tactic?
Times, Sunday Times
common trait
Look closely at tyrannical leaders--in ministry, in government, in business, anywhere-and you'll find a common trait.
Christianity Today
The people who send these packages are sometimes washed-up former paramilitaries, or just malcontents who piece together their home-made devices, but they have one common trait.
Times, Sunday Times
One common trait among them: altruism.
Christianity Today
They have a common trait - persistence.
The Sun
Land's work shows great variation, a common trait for video game composers.
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common type
The project aimed to recreate a common type of collision, a forced landing, to study the mechanics of a plane crash in real time.
The Sun (2012)
This stands for save-as-you-earn and is the most common type of sharesave.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The common type of cultivar is the hardiest.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Macrophagic alveolitis was the most common type found in asbestosis (52.9%).
Izidor Kern, Damijan Eržen, Peter Kecelj, Mitja Košnik, Milivoj Mermolja 2003, 'CYTOLOGY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID IN THE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES', Zdravniški Vestnik
Face (139, 99.3%) was the commonest site of acne and comedones 133, 95% were the commonest type of lesion.
Priya Cinna T Durai, Dhanya G Nair 2015, 'Acne vulgaris and quality of life among young adults in South India', Indian Journal of Dermatology
common understanding
By the late 1990s it was already clear that the international community lacked a foundation of common understanding.
Times, Sunday Times
This view of the ministry as a sacred priesthood eventually altered the common understanding of the importance of the minister's personal character.
Christianity Today
It's still not a common understanding that things have been done that have not been paid for.
Times, Sunday Times
But a common understanding was not a problem when making the new record.
The Sun
This common understanding should transcend all national differences - and all faiths too.
Times, Sunday Times
common virus
They also are studying the role a common virus may play in triggering lupus.
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Triggers include too much caffeine and alcohol; too little food, which causes low blood sugar levels; stress; and common viruses such as cold and flu.
Times, Sunday Times
Most trials have involved weakened vaccine strains of common viruses, including the herpes virus, adenovirus, rio virus and a version of the smallpox vaccine virus.
Times, Sunday Times
Adenoviruses are common viruses with a crucial attribute - they can easily be tweaked so that they can still infect cells, but they do not replicate themselves when they get there.
Times,Sunday Times
It overreacts to common viruses leading to myalgic encephalomyelitis.
The Sun
common vision
A common vision between successive governments, stable regulators and a responsible industry can serve society.
Times, Sunday Times
In one sense, an executive pastor must share a common vision and work in harmony with the senior pastor.
Christianity Today
The first will be a common vision other than a shared aversion for the ruling party.
ST
What common vision will this party give them?
ST
It will mean gathering around our common values, a common vision, and a commitment to one another.
Times, Sunday Times
common wisdom
A number of points need to be considered before this becomes common wisdom.
Times, Sunday Times
Lots of common wisdom suggests that we change our views.
Times, Sunday Times
Common wisdom tells us we're more open to learning at certain times than others.
Christianity Today
Common wisdom suggests that you will only be a generous person if you have a compassionate heart.
Christianity Today
Scientists should be there to question the common wisdom, but if you break the dogma, as my research did, it causes a lot of upset.
Times,Sunday Times
fairly common
It's fairly common for a breather tube from the air-conditioning evaporator to block.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a pure example of a fairly common theme.
Times,Sunday Times
Burglaries, though decreasing in prevalence, are still fairly common.
Times, Sunday Times
He said that recalls in the industry were 'fairly common'.
Times, Sunday Times
Doctors at first diagnosed a fairly common abdominal tumour.
Times, Sunday Times
increasingly common
The practice of direct selling to friends and relatives on commission has become increasingly common during the economic downturn.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The result of overbooking, bumping is increasingly common, leaving holidaymakers facing long delays.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Sadly, 'bumping' — the result of airline overbooking — is increasingly common.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Media rooms, wet rooms, underground garaging, swimming pools and spas are increasingly common.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Advances in local anaesthetic drugs mean it's becoming increasingly common.
The Sun (2012)
relatively common
Operatic double bills are relatively common, but the one-acters are generally on distinct subjects.
Times, Sunday Times
Relatively common on the continent, they first bred here in 1973 and now number a couple of thousand.
Times, Sunday Times
There are other options (see box) and lower doses may be used in people who develop side-effects such as muscle aches (relatively common at 80mg).
Times, Sunday Times
Health company scams appear to be relatively common, perhaps because people think that no one selling something as virtuous as vitamins could be a fraudster.
Times, Sunday Times
Gallstones are a relatively common side effect of gastric band ops, with one in 12 patients developing them.
The Sun
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