common interest

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandinterest

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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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interest
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.trəst/
us
/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofcommonandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon interest

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What are the prospects for acommoninterestmovement that includes these and other social movement activists?
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Sustaining that vision requires that our actions be disciplined by the virtues necessary to maintain a community ofcommoninterest.
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Bowles (2004) has suggested that interactions among social agents are mixtures of pure conflict and purecommoninterest.
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We, the doctors, and the parents, have acommoninterestin trying to achieve the best for the children in our care.
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Though all are very different, these five books have a core ofcommoninterest.
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In the main, however, the two groups shared acommoninterestbased on agriculture.
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These parties had acommoninterestand were supported by non-governmental organisations which helped them put together a strong campaign.
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It implied exclusion, though its meaning was sometimes stretched in the guilds to include liverymen to express their allegedcommoninterestwith wardens and assistants.
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Thecommoninterestgenerated the (later) contacts, not the other way round.
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Furthermore, members of these communities, which share only acommoninterestor hobby, have little likelihood of meeting one another.
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The ' empire of laws ' was therefore the rule of right reason, which was government directed to thecommoninterest.
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The topic should be ofcommoninterestand relevance to geriatricians, gerontologists or the professionals working in those areas.
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In contrast to the process standards, industries in both low-regulating and high-regulating countries have acommoninterestin harmonizing product standards to avoid market segmentation.
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In addition to particularistic ethnic movements, minority coalitions organisedcommoninterestassociations which were more overtly political.
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The information has been contributed by physicians from a variety of specialties-all sharing acommoninterestin treatment of heart disease in the young.
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The consequences of ageing are then shared between the three countries through acommoninterestrate.
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Both attachment theory and developmental psychopathology share acommoninterestin uncovering the developmental course of psychological disorders of childhood and adulthood.
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Without regional organization, it is difficult for statesmen to foster a culture ofcommoninterestleading to cooperation rather than conflict.
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We have acommoninterestin meeting again tomorrow.
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