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gewoon — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • common adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
  • just adj Fair, morally right, and reasonable.
  • mundane adj Ordinary and unremarkable; part of everyday routine rather than exciting or unusual.
  • normal adjective Usual, typical, or expected; conforming to what is standard.
  • normally adverb Under usual conditions; typically.
  • ordinarily adv Under normal circumstances; usually.
  • ordinary adj Normal, usual, or unremarkable; not special or different from what is expected.
  • pedestrian noun A person who is walking, especially as distinct from someone driving or riding.
  • quotidian adj Happening every day; daily.
  • regular adj Happening at consistent, predictable intervals.
  • usual adjective Happening or done most of the time; typical or expected.
  • vulgar adj Crude, tasteless, or offensive, especially in speech or behaviour.
  • wont noun A person's usual habit or custom.

Senses

gewoon is used for these senses in English:

  • common Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  • just Only, simply, merely.
  • just (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
  • normal (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
  • normally In the expected or customary manner.
  • ordinarily Usually or as a general rule; commonly.
  • ordinary Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
  • quotidian Having the characteristics of something which can be seen, experienced, etc, every day or very commonly. [from 15th c.]

common — full definition

  1. adjective Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare.
  2. adjective Shared by two or more people or things.
  3. adjective Ordinary or unremarkable, sometimes used to suggest something is unrefined or lacking class.
  4. noun An open area of land, especially in a town, that everyone is free to use.

just — full definition

  1. adj Fair, morally right, and reasonable.
  2. adv Only, simply, or merely.
  3. adv Very recently, or a very short time ago.
  4. adv Exactly or precisely.

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