common thread
common thread noun: a recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
Noun
common thread (plural common threads)
- A recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
- What is the common thread in these three stories?
- A common thread links the social world of barbershop with the neighbouring social worlds of jazz and classical music as these were sketched in the first chapter. The common thread is the general musical lifestyle shared by the musicians who […]1996, Robert A. Stebbins, The Barbershop Singer: Inside the Social World of a Musical Hobby, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 100
- Synonyms:
- leitmotif, throughline, golden thread, common denominator
Examples of common thread in a sentence
- My experiences in education, network consulting, service provider support, and certification have shown me that there is a common thread that frustrates people in all of these arenas.2001, William R. Parkhurst, Cisco BGP-4 Command and Configuration Handbook, Cisco Press, →ISBN:
- It is not difficult to see that in this preoccupation with middle-class identity, there is a common thread to all the narratives I discussed.2004, Borislav Knezevic, Figures of Finance Capitalism: Writing, Class and Capital in Mid-Victorian Narratives, Routledge, →ISBN, page 152:
Synonyms of common thread
Forms of common thread
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Words that rhyme with common thread
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- dread
- wed
- ahead
- bread
- sled
- embed
- in one's stead
- inbred
- ped
- zed
- bestead
- cred
- ed
- fed
- med
- undead
- abed
- bedspread
- DMZ
- Fred
- led
- Prussian red
- retread
- spoon-fed
- unwed
- z
- antired
- aspread
- bark bed
- behead
- bested
- bled
- block head
- bred
- cabin bed
- Cow Head
- Crow Head
- faned
- fled
- freedom bread
- fugged
- instead
- ked
- knead
- misled
- ned
- pled
- read
Questions about common thread
- What does common thread mean?
- Common thread means a recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
- How do you use common thread in a sentence?
- My experiences in education, network consulting, service provider support, and certification have shown me that there is a common thread that frustrates people in all of these arenas.
- What part of speech is common thread?
- Common thread is a noun.
- What is the plural of common thread?
- The plural of common thread is common threads.
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