commonplace

häufig, verbreitet

Kommt oft vor oder ist an vielen Orten zu finden.

In einfachem Englisch: Happening often or found in many places.

• Online shopping is commonplace.
• Such delays became commonplace last winter.
• Electric cars are increasingly commonplace in our city.

Synonyme: common, frequent, widespread

Gegenteile: rare, unusual

Häufige Wendungen: become commonplace, increasingly commonplace, commonplace practice

gewöhnlich, banal

Gewöhnlich und ohne etwas Besonderes oder Interessantes.

In einfachem Englisch: Ordinary and lacking anything special or interesting.

• The room had a commonplace design.
• She turned commonplace objects into beautiful sculptures.
• His ideas seemed rather commonplace.

Synonyme: ordinary, unremarkable, uninteresting

Gegenteile: remarkable, extraordinary

Häufige Wendungen: commonplace ideas, commonplace objects, commonplace design, commonplace appearance

Alltäglichkeit

Etwas Gewöhnliches, das Menschen häufig tun oder erleben.

In einfachem Englisch: Something ordinary that people often do or experience.

• Long delays are a commonplace here.
• What once seemed magical is now a commonplace.
• The book examines the commonplaces of family life.

So benutzt man es: a commonplace of something (Long journeys are a commonplace of modern life.)

Synonyme: everyday occurrence, ordinary thing

Häufige Wendungen: a commonplace, everyday commonplace, commonplace of life

Gemeinplatz, Floskel

Ein Gedanke oder eine Aussage, die so oft wiederholt wurde, dass sie nichts Neues oder Interessantes mehr bietet.

In einfachem Englisch: An idea or statement repeated so often that it says nothing new or interesting.

• His speech contained only commonplaces.
• She repeated the commonplace that money cannot buy happiness.
• The essay offers fresh insights instead of tired commonplaces.

Synonyme: cliché, platitude, truism

Häufige Wendungen: repeat a commonplace, empty commonplace, tired commonplace

Zitate sammeln

Textstellen aus der eigenen Lektüre in einem persönlichen Notizbuch sammeln.

In einfachem Englisch: To collect passages from your reading in a personal notebook.

• She liked to commonplace while reading.
• He commonplaced passages from several poets.
• Students were encouraged to commonplace regularly in their notebooks.

Häufige Wendungen: commonplace regularly, commonplace a passage, commonplace while reading