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commonwealth

com·mon·wealth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kom-uh n-welth]
    • /ˈkɒm ənˌwɛlθ/
    • /ˈkɒm.ən.welθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kom-uh n-welth]
    • /ˈkɒm ənˌwɛlθ/

Definitions of commonwealth word

  • proper noun commonwealth The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule. 3
  • countable noun commonwealth Commonwealth is used in the official names of some countries, groups of countries, or parts of countries. 3
  • singular noun commonwealth If you refer to a commonwealth of nations, you are referring to a group of countries who are friendly towards each other and have something in common. 3
  • noun commonwealth the people of a state or nation viewed politically; body politic 3
  • noun commonwealth a state or nation in which the people possess sovereignty; republic 3
  • noun commonwealth the body politic organized for the general good 3
See all 24 definitions of commonwealth

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Origin of commonwealth

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English commun welthe

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Parts of speech for Commonwealth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Commonwealth

commonwealth popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for commonwealth

noun commonwealth

  • society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
  • federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
  • commonality — Commonality is used to refer to a feature or purpose that is shared by two or more people or things.
  • democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
  • people — persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
All 15 Synonyms of commonwealth

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Related words

  • commonwealth of nations

    a voluntary association of independent nations and dependent territories linked by historical ties (as parts of the former British Empire) and cooperating on matters of mutual concern, especially regarding economics and trade.

  • british commonwealth of nations

    a voluntary association of independent nations and dependent territories linked by historical ties (as parts of the former British Empire) and cooperating on matters of mutual concern, especially regarding economics and trade.

  • australia

    a country and the smallest continent, situated between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific: a former British colony, now an independent member of the Commonwealth, constitutional links with Britain formally abolished in 1986; consists chiefly of a low plateau, mostly arid in the west, with the basin of the Murray River and the Great Dividing Range in the east and the Great Barrier Reef off the NE coast. Official language: English. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Canberra. Pop: 23 029 674 (2013 est). Area: 7 682 300 sq km (2 966 150 sq miles)

  • commonwealth of england

    commonwealth (def 5).

  • dominican

    of or relating to the Dominican Republic.

  • australian capital territory

    a territory of SE Australia, within New South Wales: consists of two exclaves, one containing Canberra, the capital of Australia, and one at Jervis Bay (the latter sometimes regarded as a separate entity). Pop: 373 100 (2012 est)
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