common element

collocation in English

meaningsofcommonandelement

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common
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.ən/us
/ˈkɑː.mən/
the same in a lot of places or for a lot ...
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element
noun
uk
/ˈel.ɪ.mənt/us
/ˈel.ə.mənt/
a part ...
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(Definition ofcommonandelementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcommon element

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Thecommonelementis superspectacular scenes and machines.
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There is acommonelementin the orientations produced by an exploratory set and by fear.
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Formulaicity and fixedness in linguistic expression are anothercommonelementin the data.
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Among these reasons the mostcommonelementwas a preference for self-selected produce.
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Thecommonelementwas a one-step linearized implicit method for the transverse diffusion terms.
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Onecommonelementamong these issues is that they were all presumably relatively salient.
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The missing feature was acommonelementof most biological interactions, the structural adaptability of the interacting partners.
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Disrupted parenting is thecommonelement, making a contribution to both impaired self-sufficiency and to antisocial behavior.
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My intention here is to argue that, different as these understandings are, they share onecommonelement.
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A family of chains is intersecting if every two chains from the family have acommonelement.
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First, we might ask whether it is efficacious to seek acommonelementunderlying all of human spatial cognition.
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As we can see in the table, again the mostcommonelementis 'tape' in various formats.
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One may speculate that a hairpin vortex is acommonelementin both regular and in bypass routes to transition.
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Thecommonelementis the voluntary approach.
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What is thecommonelementhere?
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Thecommonelementwhich binds them is the criminal law.
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There must be somecommonelementof good in them.
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It is perfectly clear what thatcommonelementis.
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Delay is certainly acommonelementto many cases.
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Anothercommonelementof meaning is that all perfect types refer to a state of aftermath following the occurrence of some event.
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Yet this assumption may be seen as in conflict with anothercommonelementof the typology, namely that professionals have ethical standards and act altruistically.
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Thecommonelement, however, is very abstract and lacks any significant value in the context in which philosophers employ the concept of omission.
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Thecommonelementamong these cases is that cultural processes change the human selective environment and thereby affect which genotypes survive and reproduce.
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