How to pronounce “commonplace”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Ordinary; not having any remarkable characteristics.
• [Noun]
• A platitude or cliché.
• Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
• A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
• A commonplace book.
• [Verb]
• To make a commonplace book.
• To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
• (obsolete) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.

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