Común in english
Common
pronunciation: kɑmən part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: kɑmən part of speech: adjective
In gestures
común = commonplace ; common ; popular ; run-of-the-mill ; shared ; standard ; ubiquitous ; collective ; crosscutting [cross cutting] ; pooled ; concerted ; everyday ; pervading ; ordinary ; communal ; prosaic.
Example: Microfilm and microfiche formats are now commonplace in most libraries.Example: When the cataloguer turns to the description of a piece of music a common problem will be the absence of a title page to be used as the chief source of information.Example: Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular = Although the fifteenth edition met with some success, it was not generally popular.Example: Guides are almost always worth thinking of as the first type of bibliography to search when it is a quick check of run-of-the-mill bibliographical facts which is required.Example: A work of shared responsibility is one where the work has arisen from collaboration between two or more persons or corporative bodies.Example: Photographs are normally kept in drawers of standard filing cabinets, with folders or pockets, or both.Example: Worldwide, however, the printed book is still the most ubiquitous source of record = Worldwide, however, the printed book is still the most ubiquitous source of record.Example: 'I'm really not trying to put anyone on the spot and, frankly, I'm not too surprised and only a little disappointed at your collective ignorance,' he commented.Example: The plan comprises over twenty projects addressing the partnership's three priority themes -- access, empowerment and governance -- and four crosscutting issues -- youth, the media, gender and local (community-based) knowledge.Example: A group of 64 libraries realised substantial cost reductions by joining in a pooled fund to self-insure for unemployment compensation.Example: There is an obvious need for a concerted and deliberate study of US information policy-making.Example: We have too much invested, and the new systems too intimately integrated into the everyday operation of the library, for us to assume any longer that we can temper their influence on emerging standards.Example: While not addressing specific issues the rejoinder focuses on a few pervading themes.Example: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.Example: Excavation in Qumran suggests that the people were organised on a highly communal basis and adept in the art of pottery and bookmaking.Example: Take the prosaic problem of the great department store.more:
» abedul común = silver birch .
Example: Silver birch is a deciduous tree with a single trunk up to 30m in height and it has pendulous branches.» aura común = turkey vulture .
Example: The dominant scavengers at all locations were magpies, bald eagles, golden eagles, turkey vultures, red-tailed hawks, black bears, and probably elk and bison also participated in scavenging.» auxiliar común = common auxiliary .
Example: The common auxiliaries are so called because their schedules are auxiliary to the main tables and common in that they are available for the subdivisions of all classes.» bien común, el = common good, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] ; common wealth, the .
Example: How agreeable life could be if only people would stop mistrusting each other and learn to work for the common good instead of for their own personal aggrandizement. Example: Masons perceived themselves as engaged in the creation of a new man possessing the traits necessary for the maintenance of the social order and the improvement of the common wealth.» calderón común = pilot whale .
Example: Pilot whales are extremely social animals, living in pods that sometimes contain hundreds of individuals.» Cámara de los Comunes, la = House of Commons, the .
Example: After 1728, the initiative for investigating and remedying the state of the public records passed to the House of Commons.» compartir intereses comunes = share + common interests .
Example: All companies that compete share common interests.» comunidad de prácticas comunes = community of practice .
Example: Learning itself is an aspect of participation in communities of practice in which the human relationships between teachers and students are seen as fundamental.» común, lo = standard practice, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: In the nineteenth century it was the standard practice for British booksellers to allow discounts of from 5 to 20 per cent off the advertised figures.» común y corriente = unremarkable .
Example: This dish, billed as the house specialty, was just an unremarkable griddled steak topped with some green bell peppers and green onions.» crear un fondo común de conocimientos = pool + knowledge .
Example: This benefits the departmental unit by pooling knowledge and producing a higher level of cooperation and training.» crear un fondo común de experiencias profesionales = pool + expertise .
Example: This is a prototype online support Web based system pooling expertise which can be shared widely.» creencia común = common belief .
Example: And the common belief that the possession of the same surname allows you to use a family's arms has no legal or heraldic warrant.» de lo más común = as common as dirt ; as common as muck ; as common as an old shoe .
Example: Everyone I know has either already died or is going to die, including me -- death and dying are as common as dirt. Example: Lots of people also called me 'four eyes' but that is just as common as muck and most people that wore glasses were called this. Example: Old chests can look as common as an old shoe on the outside and yet be beautifully inlaid masterpieces on the inside.» demasiado común = all too common .
Example: Hence the all too common spectacle of a library trying -- worse still, claiming -- to do everything and not doing anything well enough to earn respect and thence support.» demasiado poco común = all too rare .
Example: The author argues that young adult involvement in choices about their library services is all too rare and sets out the reasons for this state of affairs.» Denominación Común de Productos Industriales (NIPRO) = Common Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NIPRO) [Clasificación de productos industriales de acuerdo con la rama de la industria a la que pertenecen] .
Example: The Common Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NIPRO) is a classification of industrial products constructed according to the NACE framework.» denominador común = common thread .
Example: The life of William Lowndes shows a common thread with that of Robert Watt in being far from a happy one.» el bien común = the greater good .
Example: Our times require leaders who are not only intelligent, but wise and wise leaders develop strategies that target the greater good, not just an organization or individual.» en común = joint ; jointly .
Example: Library schools must build bridges such as joint programmes and joint professorships that link them with their parent academic institution. Example: The International Agricultural Information System, AGRIS, is being compiled jointly by institutions of 117 countries and 14 international organisations.» en común con = in common with .
Example: In common with many other databases, MEDLARS (MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System) was primarily an offshoot from a printed indexing service.» encontrar cosas comunes = find + common ground .
Example: By discovering what they read teacher/librarian and pupil find common ground, a point of departure for the child, into the unfamiliar.» enfermedad poco común = rare disease .
Example: There was a new pharmaceutical policy enacted in 1983 known as the Orphan Drug Act designed to increase the availability of so-called 'orphan drugs' used to treat rare diseases.» entrar en conflicto con el sentido común = be in conflict with common sense .
Example: His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.» espacio público común = commons .
Example: The commons anchors neighborhoods, downtown districts, and schools and links with other public facilities like cafés and museums = Los espacios públicos comunes ayudan a consolidar los barrios, los centros de las ciudades y las escuelas al mismo tiempo que facilitan la creación de vínculos con otros servicios públicos como cafeterías y museos.» experiencia profesional común = pool of expertise .
Example: Its relevance and quality benefit from the considerable pool of expertise available in the organisation.» faceta común = common facet .
Example: Common facets may be listed anywhere in the schedule order, because they are facets that, although only listed once can be applied anywhere in the citation order, as required to qualify the concept to which they apply.» focha común = Eurasian coot ; common coot .
Example: This slaty dark bird, the size of a hen is called the Eurasian coot in England and common coot in India. Example: This slaty dark bird, the size of a hen is called the Eurasian coot in England and common coot in India.» fondo común = kitty .
Example: Some groups like to keep a 'kitty' to cover the costs of replacing any books that go astray.» fondo común de conocimientos = pool of knowledge ; pool of expertise .
Example: A major challenge in the climate of change is that of maintaining an adequate and well balanced collection and of fostering a universal pool of knowledge. Example: Its relevance and quality benefit from the considerable pool of expertise available in the organisation.» fondo común de inversión = mutual fund .
Example: For the most part, hedge funds (unlike mutual funds) are unregulated because they cater to sophisticated investors.» fosa común = mass grave .
Example: This article describes a human rights investigation designed to identify bodies exhumed from mass graves in Bosnia.» frente común = united front .
Example: We should be rushing to show a united front against terrorism not to withdraw quivering.» fuera de lo común = eccentric ; odd ; unordinary ; out of the ordinary ; a cut above the rest ; a cut above .
Example: School classrooms are sometimes extraordinarily badly designed with poor acoustics, ineffective blackout facilities, and notoriously eccentric electrical outlets. Example: There is little modulation, whole steps of division being short-circuited and an odd assembly of terms being frequently found: e.g.: LAW see also JURY, JUDGES. Example: He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts. Example: In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary. Example: To put it quite simply, the building is a cut above the rest with facilities fitted to the highest standards. Example: The article 'Is Redon a cut above?' critiques the work of Odilon Redon in light of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings, prints and drawings.» gente común = ruck .
Example: The book stands out among the ruck of contemporary fiction unmistakably as a work of artistic and literary excellence.» gente común, la = ordinary people ; common people, the .
Example: For the majority of ordinary people the European Community remains a remote bureaucratic organization. Example: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.» gente común y corriente, la = common people, the .
Example: The book focuses on images where hideous atrocities -- e.g., murder, blasphemy, wanton destruction and even cannibalism -- are shown to be part of the daily life of the common people of Paris during the revolution.» hablar con sentido común = talk + sense .
Example: 'Talking Sense' is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute = "Talking Sense" is one of those excellent and useful books that you can take up and put down when you have a spare minute.» hacer un frente común = stand up as + one .
Example: The really good news is that we can stand up as one and that all we have to do is make a noise about it.» harina común = all-purpose flour ; plain flour .
Example: Self-rising flour is all-purpose flour with added salt and leavening (baking powder). Example: Self-raising flour is plain flour with raising agents added.» herrerillo común = blue tit .
Example: Blue tits are increasing nationally, and we think it is down to the increasing food in the garden.» interés común = shared interest .
Example: And like any group, any clan, a company of children is cemented together by shared interests, which we frequently recognize as 'crazes'.» intereses comunes = community of interest .
Example: Communities of interest will only prosper if they share an economic model which makes sense.» lechuza común = barn owl .
Example: In spite of the fact that over 98% of roads are minor roads, over 90% of all barn owl road casualties are found dead on major roads (such as motorways and dual carriageways).» Lenguaje Común de Instrucción de EURONET = EURONET Common Command Language .
Example: This set of commands forms the basis for the EURONET Common Command Language, which is available for searching on some of the European hosts.» lengua oficial común = working language [En una situación multilingüe, lengua común utilizada para comunicarse] .
Example: Lacking a universal working language, information managers around the world cannot now deal reliably and efficiently with multilingual documentation.» lo poco común = rarity ; rareness .
Example: This article provides a description of rare books and some criteria for their identification: rarity, monetary value, age, limited editions and association. Example: Their supposed rareness seems to be due to a bias of sampling.» lugar común de alimentación = feeding ground .
Example: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.» lugar común de encuentro = meeting ground .
Example: There needs to be a more specific meeting ground within which an effective organisation linking needs and libraries can be established.» más común = mainstream .
Example: Some children may be constrained by a mainstream curriculum that does not match their ability level.» Mercado Común, el = Common Market, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Euratom and the European Economic Community, usually referred to as the Common Market, joined the European Coal and Steel Community in the late fifties.» musaraña común = common shrew .
Example: Common shrews are one of Britain's and northern Europe's most abundant small mammals.» muy poco común = very odd .
Example: So a very odd red mark has appeared from nowhere on my face and I'm trying to figure out what it is and how to get rid of it.» nombre común = common name .
Example: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.» normas comunes = standard practices .
Example: Despite a 20-year effort to develop a code for the description and cataloguing of art objects, the art world has not yet developed standard practices for these functions.» palabra común = common word .
Example: Certain words may fall into a short list of 35 common words such as analysis, which do not give rise to inversion within the cross-reference.» para el bien común = for the greater good .
Example: I don't believe in a government that knows that there will be some who must be sacrificed for the greater good.» patrón común = ruling pattern .
Example: This article examines the distribution of abstracts on standard documents under various headings with a view to finding a ruling pattern.» persona común = ordinary person .
Example: The ordinary person's information needs are becoming more complex and expensive.» poco común = rare ; unfamiliar ; unusual ; uncommon ; unordinary ; out of the ordinary .
Example: In practice critical abstracts are rare, and certainly do not usually feature in published secondary services. Example: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing. Example: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given. Example: Early woodcut initials, coats of arms, etc., were sometimes made from wood cut across the grain, but the use of end-grain blocks remained uncommon until the later eighteenth century. Example: He developed an alternative and unordinary way of talking about out thoughts. Example: In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.» práctica común = common practice .
Example: It used to be common practice to keep certain books in the librarian's office or in a locked cupboard (eg books on sex), so a dummy book was place on the appropriate shelf.» práctica común, la = normal pattern, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: This article outlines an experiment that departs from the normal pattern that has been used by libraries to send orders electronically to a vendor.» presentar un frente común = present + a united front ; put up + a united front ; put on + a united front .
Example: I keep telling her that we need to present a united front so that the kids know that they can't get away with breaking the rules. Example: The feuding couple managed to put up a united front Saturday to take their daughter to a birthday party. Example: Both she and her new new boyfriend put on a united front as they walk arm-in-arm following cheating rumours.» proyecto en común = joint effort .
Example: The attention of information science associations should be drawn to the need for joint efforts in developing better tools for the control and conversion of natural and indexing languages in science and technology.» puntos comunes = common ground .
Example: PRECIS provides an exemplary illustration of the association and common ground between alphabetical indexing and classification.» que era común anteriormente = once-common .
Example: Thus some once-common ordinary watermarks -- crown, foolscap, hand, etc. -- disappeared.» que fue común antes = once-common .
Example: Thus some once-common ordinary watermarks -- crown, foolscap, hand, etc. -- disappeared.» qué poco común = how odd .
Example: One eminent librarian remarked upon how odd it was that the unpopular reference desk at a university library was set upon a dais.» resfriado común, el = common cold, the .
Example: The common cold, problems with tonsils and adenoids, and earache are discussed.» rorcual común = fin whale .
Example: Fin whales are found in all oceans of the world, though they seem to prefer temperate and polar waters to tropical seas.» salón común = common room .
Example: The school design consisted of five classrooms, two seminar rooms, and a resource room grouped around a common room.» sentido común = common sense ; good judgement ; judgement [judgment] ; good sense .
Example: Answers to the basic questions could be produced on the basis of common sense, in each individual instance. Example: However, what is considered good judgement in one culture is often considered bad judgement within another culture. Example: In my judgment, these changes will come about in one of two ways. Example: Daniel used good sense in that he did not cause a confrontation over the matter but went to the eunuch and asked for permission to eat pulse and water.» ser algo común = be a fact of life ; dominate + the scene ; become + a common feature ; be a part of life ; be (a) common practice .
Example: Federal aid to help cope with the problem of information was not new and had been a fact of life in one way or another for a long time. Example: This may have something to do with the absence of CABx, who seem to have dominated the scene in other states. Example: Droughts are becoming a common feature, parching the land at least once every two years. Example: Scratches are a part of life when you have parquet floors. Example: It was a common practice to fill empty fuel oil tanks with sea water to ballast ships.» ser algo poco común = be the exception rather than the rule ; be a rarity .
Example: Public libraries carrying the latest issues of popular comics titles are still the exception rather than the rule = Las bibliotecas públicas que poseen los últimos números de los tebeos más conocidos siguen siendo la excepción que confirma la regla. Example: Bidets are extremely popular throughout much of Europe, but they're still a rarity in the U.S.» ser común = be the case (with) .
Example: This has been the case with newspapers which suddenly find that their audiences are both growing older and dwindling in size and they are facing great difficulty appealing to the new electronic generation.» ser contrario al sentido común = be in conflict with common sense .
Example: His conclusion is both beyond belief and in conflict with common sense.» ser demasiado común = be all too common .
Example: Such conversion requires such extremely detailed project planning and execution that new system start-up problems are all too common.» ser una práctica común = be (a) common practice .
Example: It was a common practice to fill empty fuel oil tanks with sea water to ballast ships.» subdivisión común = common subdivision [En clasificación, subencabezamiento que se puede aplicar a muchas clases] .
Example: A common subdivision is a general category which can be applied to many classes.» subencabezamiento común = free-floating subdivision .
Example: The eighth edition introduction also included other useful listings, particularly the 'free-floating subdivisions' (common subdivisions), which formed a substantial part of the whole introduction.» tener Algo en común = have + Nombre + in common ; share + Nombre + in common .
Example: This record is related to the previous article because it has four references in common with that article. Example: A class is a set of things which share some property, or characteristic, in common.» tener características en común = share + similarities .
Example: School libraries as they have evolved in recent times share certain similarities the world over.» tener cosas en común = share + common ground .
Example: The author discusses the extent to which education and librarianship share common ground.» tener en común = hold in + common ; tread + common ground .
Example: The study aims to identify low use current journals that are held in common. Example: Libraries and education tread a great deal of common ground, e.g., continuing education, staff qualities, library use education for students, and adult literacy.» tener intereses comunes = have + common interests .
Example: Developing solar energy is another area 'where Israel and Canada may have common interests,' Allen said.» tener más dinero que sentido común = have + more money than sense .
Example: Well, here are 15 things you can blow your money on that only someone who has more money than sense can truly appreciate.» tener muchas cosas en común = have + many things in common .
Example: These solopreneurs have many things in common, most notably, they all show annual profits in the six figures.» tener un pasado en común con = have + a (long) history with ; have + a (long) past with .
Example: Have you ever considered dating a guy who has a history with a friend of yours?. Example: Just because you have a past with someone, doesn't mean you should have a future with them = Simplemente por el hecho de haber tenido un pasado en común con alguien no significa que deberías tener un futuro con esa persona.» título común = common title [Título o parte de un título común a varias unidades bibliográficas que forman parte de un conjunto] .
Example: The title or part of a title common to several bibliographical units which form part of a set is known as common title.» trabajar en común = interwork ; pull together .
Example: It will be a long time before any terminal can interwork with any computer type although there has been some progress. Example: She tells a story of courage in which the crew and the mission control pull together to work the problem through.» trabajo en común = interworking .
Example: Key issues include the global interworking of different access systems on a common platform.» un fondo común de = a common pool of .
Example: The morphology of embryos in pairs of women producing embryos from a common pool of oocytes but fertilized by two different sperm sources was studied.