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English
Pronunciation
Noun
commons
- Plural form of common.
- A dining hall, usually at a college or university.
- A central section of (usually an older) town, designated as a shared area, a common.
- The Renaissance festival started with the "peasants" meeting in the commons.
- (figuratively) 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.
Related terms
References
- commons in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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