common ground

1. 1.

   a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding

   Broaderfooting

Questions about common ground

What does common ground mean?

common ground means "a basis agreed to by all parties for reaching a mutual understanding".

Is common ground a common word?

common ground is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.