common ground

common ground

Collectively, shared ideas, interests, or beliefs, especially between people who often disagree. I was worried when my boyfriend and uncle started arguing over their different political views, but luckily they found common ground when discussing their favorite TV shows.
See also: common, ground
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

common ground

Shared beliefs or interests, a foundation for mutual understanding. For example, The European Union is struggling to find common ground for establishing a single currency. [1920s]
See also: common, ground
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • find common ground
  • monde
  • the beau monde
  • beef something up
  • beef up
  • mainstream media
  • media
  • spin machine
  • a/(one's) tribe
  • you all
References in periodicals archive
On these and other hot-button issues, Rubio focuses on "the space between" where Catholics can find common ground. For example, her chapter on abortion explains a split among Catholics, with more liberal Catholics perceiving poverty and a lack of family stability as factors for why abortion occurs, and more conservative Catholics blaming premarital sex and social mores.
Black Flags and Windmills is not a testament about fighting and winning against the system, rather it a testament of what people can accomplish when they meet collectively on a common ground.
Because right now, we want to exhaust this possibility of seeing if we can find common ground with the administration," he added.
The 6th Annual Common Ground International Book Fest & Business Expo is being planned for Spring 2015.
Common ground derives from the values, beliefs, attitudes, ideals, and principles that bind our nation together.
Longmuir said: "It was a very constructive meeting and I feel that we have established a lot of common ground."
Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975
Hired three years ago as the chief operating officer of The Miracle Foundation, Davis said her organization spent roughly 18 months evaluating products and decided to go with Convio's Common Ground. "We did the work ourselves, with a lot of volunteers and a lot of hard work because we had to migrate data from eight years from a legacy system," Davis said.
Black flags and windmills; hope, anarchy, and the Common Ground Collective.
The match between Common Ground United and Zion Athletic had to be abandoned after a brutal brawl broke out on the pitch at Churchfields playing fields off Newton Road, West Bromwich.
For nearly 40 years, non-profit Common Ground has served its community well, providing crisis response services, support and advocacy, and residential programs.
Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective is a fine choice for any library strong in politics and current events, and discusses the founding of the New Orleans relief effort called the Common Ground Collective.
Science," Sep/Oct], of the common ground for science and faith is Dr.
From photos of youth in Saudi Arabia rebuilding after recent floods, to blog posts about solidarity in peaceful protests in Tahrir Square, to a video about women working together to overcome stereotypes, the new social networking site, 1001 Stories of Common Ground, offers a view of what is it like to be a creative, active Arab in a globalized world, far from the stereotypes haunting international mass media.
The first song on Kiran Ahluwalia's latest album, Aam Zameen: Common Ground, sets the tone for the project.