common characteristic

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandcharacteristic

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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(Definition ofcommonandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Whatcommoncharacteristic, over and above being included in the extension of "law," do all and only instances of law share?
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Acommoncharacteristicof these three authors is that economics was only one part, and not the most important, of their world vision.
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Both have thecommoncharacteristicthat the assessed parent was not more than 27 years old.
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The significant enhancement of the streamwise velocity component and reduction of the normal component by shear is acommoncharacteristicof both shear flows.
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It is acommoncharacteristicof informal conversations.
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Acommoncharacteristicwas that they were actors rather than singers: clear diction and strong stage personality were more important than a trained singing voice.
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This is not the only way migrants organize; they also form community and neighborhood associations or unite on theircommoncharacteristicas migrants.
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Acommoncharacteristicof the general solutions in the latter category is that the resulting (trap) designs only apply to two-dimensional parts.
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Anothercommoncharacteristicof waves is that is a monotonically increasing function of k for most frequencies, wave numbers, and wave media.
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As acommoncharacteristic, all of these operations involve searching for an element with a certain property.
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It is, in fact, acommoncharacteristicof imperial-pioneering literature in various countries.
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Such domination of a community by a non-specialist acanthocephalan is acommoncharacteristicof intestinal helminth communities in eels.
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Acommoncharacteristicis that the data track along a great circle.
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Trying to elucidate the principles on which these methods are based, we found an importantcommoncharacteristic.
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Children may have recognized and overgeneralized thecommoncharacteristicof branching by merging two phonological categories into one output.
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Hard security mechanisms have acommoncharacteristic: they provide security through establishing some figurative physical barrier.
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Acommoncharacteristicof the species in this group is that they have a well-developed seed bank only when they are represented in the standing vegetation of the studied area.
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It seems to be acommoncharacteristicof the education pattern that we read about it three weeks before it appears.
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