in common
Prepositional phrase
  1. Shared with one or more others.
    My cousin and I have a grandfather and grandmother in common.
  2. Held in joint possession.
  3. Possessing similar or identical qualities.
    I hate being alone with my boss as we have nothing in common.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally{{...}
Translations
  • French: en commun
  • Italian: in comune
  • Portuguese: em comum
  • Russian: совме́стно
  • Spanish: en común
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