From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcommonplacecom‧mon‧place1 /ˈkɒmənpleɪs $ ˈkɑː-/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjectiveCOMMONhappening or existing in many places, and therefore not special or unusualCar thefts are commonplace in this part of town.► see thesaurus at commonExamples from the Corpuscommonplace• Judicialreview of administrativedecisions by central or local government and certain other bodies is now commonplace.• Of course, stories of ex-smokers drifting back to the fold are commonplace.• It used to be rare to see young people sleeping on the streets of London -- these days it's become increasingly commonplace.• Organtransplants are now commonplace.• Divorce was commonplace among the Gentiles.• He expects widespreadusage of computer technology to be commonplace before that time.• Superstores such as Wal-Mart are now commonplace in America's small towns.• Nudism on beaches has long been commonplace in Europe.• Expensiveforeign cars are commonplace in this Chicago suburb.• As segregation and violence became commonplace, the national government expressed no willingness to enforce a new racial order.• It's unspeakably commonplace to follow one's instincts.commonplacecommonplace2 noun [countable usually singular]1COMMONsomething that happens or exists in many places, so that it is not unusualWomen’s groups have become a commonplace.2something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting or original3 →the commonplaceExamples from the Corpuscommonplace• However, the fact that such quasi-duties are a commonplace does not, of itself, advance the cause of animals.• One-parent families are now a commonplace in our society.• Many of his utterances were, however, sermoncommonplaces, to which parallels can be found in other contemporarypreaching.