Associations to the word «Commonplace»

Wiktionary

COMMONPLACE, adjective. Ordinary; having no remarkable characteristics.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A platitude or cliché.
COMMONPLACE, noun. Something that is ordinary.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.
COMMONPLACE, noun. A commonplace book.
COMMONPLACE, verb. To make a commonplace book.
COMMONPLACE, verb. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads.
COMMONPLACE, verb. (obsolete) To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes.
COMMONPLACE BOOK, noun. A personal notebook or journal in which memorabilia, quotations etc were written.
COMMONPLACE BOOKS, noun. Plural of commonplace book

Dictionary definition

COMMONPLACE, noun. A trite or obvious remark.
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Completely ordinary and unremarkable; "air travel has now become commonplace"; "commonplace everyday activities".
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous job greasing engines".
COMMONPLACE, adjective. Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'".

Wise words

Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
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