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I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.
Sam Neill

Meaning of "common room" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMON ROOM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMON ROOM

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Common room is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMON ROOM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Common room

The phrase common room is used especially in British and Canadian English to describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories, at universities, colleges, military bases, hospitals, rest homes, hostels, and even minimum-security prisons. It is generally connected to several private rooms, and may incorporate a bathroom. However, they may also be found in day schools and sixth forms. Regular features include couches, televisions, coffee tables, and other generic lounge furniture for socializing. Depending on its location and purpose of use, a common room may be known by another name. For instance, in mental hospitals, where access is usually restricted to the daytime hours, this type of room is often called a "day room". In Singapore, the term Common Room usually refers to a Bedroom in an HDB apartment unit.

Definition of common room in the English dictionary

The definition of common room in the dictionary is a sitting room in schools, colleges, etc, for the relaxation of students or staff.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMON ROOM

common metre
common multiple
common noun
common oak
common of turbary
common or garden
common partridge
common pleas
common prayer
common ragweed
common sallow
common salt
common scoter
common seal
common sense
common shelduck
common shrew
common snapping turtle
common snipe
common soldier

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMON ROOM

bathroom
breakfast room
chat room
control room
dining room
double room
dressing room
elephant in the room
emergency room
family room
guest room
hotel room
living room
locker room
powder room
press room
shower room
single room
sitting room
tea room
utility room

Synonyms and antonyms of common room in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «common room» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMON ROOM

Find out the translation of common room to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of common room from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «common room» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公共休息室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sala común
570 millions of speakers

English

common room
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आम कमरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غرفة مشتركة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

общая комната
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sala comum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈঠকখানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

salle commune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bilik umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gemeinschaftsraum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

談話室
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴게실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamar umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

buồng công cộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொதுவான அறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य खोली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ortak salon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sala comune
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świetlica
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загальна кімната
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

salon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινό δωμάτιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Sitkamer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fellesrom
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of common room

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMON ROOM»

The term «common room» is regularly used and occupies the 59.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMON ROOM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about common room

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2 QUOTES WITH «COMMON ROOM»

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Laurie Lee
But our waking life, and our growing years, were for the most part spent in the kitchen, and until we married, or ran away, it was the common room we shared.
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Sam Neill
I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMON ROOM»

Discover the use of common room in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to common room and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catt in the Common Room: A celebration of 50 years of school ...
Cattinthe Common Room ) ^ ^ £/s' — ( P' — ( p The first 50 years..; ^ From the moment John Catt started to provide schools with publishing, marketing and consultancy services 50 years ago, it has been clear that the world of education ...
Edited by Nigel Richardson
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Green Rider: Book One of Green Rider
Green Rider is the first installment of the acclaimed Green Rider series.
Kristen Britain, 2008
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A common room: essays, 1954-1987
This paperback edition of the acclaimed 1987 hardcover is a collection of essays exploring a variety of subjects including other writers, music, cooking, religion, and many more.
Reynolds Price, 1989
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University Life in Eighteenth-century Oxford
Pembroke's in a pleasant garden west of the chapel, with a terrace walk on the city wall, and the guide advises us that at St John's, 'The Common Room on the north side of the Hall, should not he neglected. It's cieling is a good piece of stucco, ...
Graham Midgley, 1996
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Names and Stories : Emilia Dilke and Victorian Culture: ...
18. All general information about the Pattisons from Manton, Sister Dora, esp. ch. 1-4, and Green, Oxford Common Room, ch. 4, unless specifically noted. 19. Manton, Sister Dora, 28; Green, Oxford Common Room, 85. 20. MP, Mem., 24. 2 1 .
Kali Israel Associate Professor of History University of Michigan, 1998
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Knack Dorm Living: Get the Room--And the Experience--You ...
commoN room An all-purpose area that acts as a out all in one The dorm's eponymous common room, often found anchoring two, three, or four dorm rooms, can be a great place to spend time just steps from your room. The furniture is usually ...
Casey Lewis, 2010
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House of Commons Papers
Opposite the entrance are the chapel with clock tower, and a common room used as a sitting room by the inmates. The remaining buildings provide accommodation for the 12 inmates and nurse. Each inmate has a good sized room, six being ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1907
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Aspects of the History of English Language and Literature: ...
In the same way, "common room" means the public room of an inn, and so on. ( 22) best room / common room They went into the parlour my mother had come from, the fire in the best room on the other side of the passage not being lighted.
Osamu Imahayashi, Yoshiyuki Nakao, Michiko Ogura, 2010
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Connecticut College College Prowler Off the Record
Larrabee House Floors: 4 +- basement Total Occupancy: 123 Bathrooms: Shared by floor Co-Ed: Yes Room Types: Single, Double, Triple, Housefellow Suite Special Features: Common room, All-female fourth floor and basement. lndoor bike ...
Brian Sendrowski, Swope Gretchen, Jon Skindzier, 2005
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Art in the Asia-Pacific: Intimate Publics
Contextually and aesthetically, itwas related to someofthe laboratorylike experiments in Video Lab's Beyond Panopticon and, aswewillsee later inthis chapter, Common Room's NuSubstance festivals. Theseare allnewmedia art strategiesto ...
Larissa Hjorth, Natalie King, Mami Kataoka, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMON ROOM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term common room is used in the context of the following news items.
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How John Palfrey Is Bringing America's Most Elite Boarding School …
... a red bandanna tied around my left knee, in a sincere if risible homage to the Jimi Hendrix poster on the wall of my dormitory common room. «Town and Country Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Family of raconteurs cooks up good conversation down on the farm
Its beating heart is the riders' lounge, a giant common room built by sons Lin and Clay, which, while lined with books, is really a centre for ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
3
Better Know Your City: Here's the full story behind the design of the …
(If you've been to New York City, a great example is the common room at the Ace Hotel.) This type of room would be a nice addition to ... «Broken Sidewalk, Jul 15»
4
Tsito-Awudome SEC Tech Celebrates 25 Years - With Call for …
... store room, library and the various offices, including teachers' common room, to help reduce the current congestion being experienced in the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Pay attention to the details: CtrlShift's office in Singapore
“Whether it is fresh flowers in the common room or a monthly birthday cake, these are small tokens of appreciation that will not go unnoticed by ... «Human Resources Online, Jul 15»
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Wales' brutal Rugby World Cup training camp LIVE: Breaking news …
Modest chalet type of place with canteen, common room etc. No pics inside tho! pic.twitter.com/0FAlhfbcgd. — Delme Parfitt (@delmeparfitt) ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Two charged with woman's slaying in Burlington hotel
"I was in the common room studying with a friend when I heard a woman screaming," Extended Stay America guest Sowshan Mostafa said. «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»
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Eight things you will only know if you went to Balcarras School in …
5 The comfy sofas in the common room: if you see sixth Formers rushing past you in the corridor it is quite likely that it will be a race for the ... «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
9
The best places on campus to do “it”
The English Student Union common room: Nothing gets me in the mood like being around like-minded people who can empathize with me ... «The Peak, Jul 15»
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Personal furniture
In a set-up that would satisfy even Goldilocks, a group of Sunrise Senior Living residents in Massachusetts heads to a cozy common room each ... «McKnight's Long Term Care News, Jul 15»

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