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Definition: Common Ground |
Common GroundNoun1. A basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Common Ground |
| English words defined with "common ground": convergence ♦ intersection ♦ overlap ♦ Wike. (references) |
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Lyrics | Our voices stray from the common ground where they (Talk To Me; performing artist: Stevie Nicks; writing credit: C. Sandford) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Common Ground (1965) On Common Ground (2001) | |
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Giambattista Vico | Uniform ideas originating among entire peoples unknown to each other must have a common ground of truth. |
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Business | However, there are a large number of common ground rules, particularly in respect of the conduct of leasing business. (references) | |
Human Rights | Congo | International human rights and democracy NGO's operating in Kinshasa included the International Human Rights Law Group, the International Foundation for Elections Systems, Search for Common Ground, and the National Democratic Institute. (references) |
Political Economy | Netherlands | There seems to be enough common ground on economic policies among the three coalition parties to continue the government's successful socio-economic policies for another four-year term in office. (references) |
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Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | We are finding more and more common ground between our two countries on basic questions of international affairs. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Our common ground is shifting out from under us. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "common ground"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حق الامتلاك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fælles-jord. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gemeenschappelijke aarding. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | retour commun, droit de propriété. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gemeinsamkeit (community, joint possession, mutuality), gemeinsame Maße, gemeinsame Erde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοινή γη, κοινά σημεία, έδαφοσ συνεννοήσεωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בסיס משותף. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | közös nevezõ, közös alap. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terreno comune, messa a terra comune. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ommoncay oundgray retorno comum, propriedade coletiva. (various references) tema de interés mutuo, retorno común. (various references) uyuşma temeli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-g-m-m-n-n-o-o-o-r-u" | |
-4 letters: uncommon. | |
-5 letters: godroon, gunroom, monuron, mudroom, nondrug. | |
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