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commonality

UK/ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/US/ˌkɑ.məˈnæl.ə.ti/

commonality noun: the joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.

Noun (1)

commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities)

  1. The joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
    • Zunin sold the idea to his military superiors in the fearful jargon of his profession: "In a situation where commonality of loss of the husband is present, the group can be exceedingly supportive."25 June 1969, “Second life for war widows”, in Time
  2. Such a shared attribute or characteristic
    Synonyms:
    commonship
  3. A quality that applies to materiel or systems: (a) possessing like and interchangeable parts or characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained in common; (b) having interchangeable repair parts and/or components; (c) applying to consumable items interchangeably equivalent without adjustment.
    • KLING: FYI I've just lost four separate temperature transducers on the left side of the vehicle, hydraulic return temperatures. (pause) Two of them on system one and one in each of systems 2 and 3.
      CAIN: Four hyd return temps?
      KLING: To the left outboard and left inboard elevons.
      CAIN: OK, is there...2003, NASA, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Transcript, transcript of radio communication

Noun (2)

commonality (countable and uncountable, plural commonalities)

  1. (obsolete) The common people; the commonalty.

commonality meaning in Tamil and Urdu

commonality in Tamil

பொதுப் பண்பு, பொதுமை

commonality in Urdu

commonality or its associated ideologies such as socialism, communism, Marxism
اشتراک iśtirāk

Synonyms of commonality

Antonyms

Forms of commonality

pluralcommonalities

Plural of commonality: commonalities

Origin of commonality

From common + -ality.

Inherited from Middle English comunalite, remodelling of comunalte (modern English commonalty) as if from a putative Medieval Latin *commūnālitās.

Questions about commonality

What does commonality mean?
Commonality means the joint possession of a set of attributes or characteristics.
What is commonality in Tamil?
Commonality in Tamil is பொதுப் பண்பு, பொதுமை. See Commonality meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is commonality?
Commonality is a noun.
How do you pronounce commonality?
Commonality is pronounced /ˌkɒm.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of commonality?
The plural of commonality is commonalities.

Words near commonality in the dictionary

  1. common-wealths
  2. commonable
  3. commonage
  4. commonages
  5. commonalities
  6. commonality
  7. commonalties
  8. commonalty
  9. Commondale
  10. commoned
  11. commoner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commonality (page history and authors); commonality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اشتراک (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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