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Definition common denominator in British English
common denominator noun
[countable] noun
1
a feature that everyone or everything in a particular group has
Example
The common denominator in all his novels is the use of the supernatural.
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2
a number that can be divided exactly by all the denominators (=numbers written below the line) in a particular group of fractions. The common denominator of 1/4, 1/3, and 1/6 is 12.
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