commonsense

CEFRB1

/kˌɑməˈnsɛns/

noun

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Examples

Though commonsense is necessary for everyone, it is not always easily acquired.
A voice kept saying, Are you sure you want to do that? His commonsense voice that had saved his hide many times.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]

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A voice kept saying, Are you sure you want to do that? His commonsense voice that had saved his hide many times.
2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 294–295
It is the policy of my Administration to support America’s truckers and safeguard our roadways by enforcing the commonsense English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.
2025 April 28, “ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR AMERICA’S TRUCK DRIVERS”, in whitehouse.gov
With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]
2009, Terence Barnett Magness, The Brood of Time, page 378

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