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Pronunciation : Com"mon*place`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Com"mon*place`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to. Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift. Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Com"mon*place`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. Felton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Com"mon*place`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.] Bacon.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913