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Definition of Common ground
1. Noun. A basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding.
Definition of Common ground
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A characteristic or interest shared by multiple people or systems; any belief, etc. held in common. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Ground
Literary usage of Common ground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"Those who go, and those who do not go to church, the fervent believer and the
tired-out sceptic here meet on common ground. The language of the verses in ..."
2. Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions (1992)
"On this common ground it may be possible to build genuine reform. One prominent
psychologist and long-time participant in the politics and science of ..."
3. The History of English Rationalism in the Nineteenth Century by Alfred William Benn (1906)
"of his people, in seeking for a common ground between opposing views. As between
religion and science, Spencer found such a common ground in their common ..."
4. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"But then there is Lewis arroll, and on that common ground both nations can meet.
What can be better (or worse) than some of the puns scattered through ..."
5. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"To COMMON, kom'-mun. vn To have a joint right with others in fome common ground.
... one who has a joint right in common ground ; a flu- dent of the fécond ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The pain av bearin' you shall know but niver the pleasure av giving the breast;
an' you shall put away a man-child into the common ground wid niver a priest ..."
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