common thread en · NOUN
Meanings
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A recurring characteristic or theme present in different events or areas.
It is not difficult to see that in this preoccupation with middle-class identity, there is a common thread to all the narratives I discussed. This common thread has to do with the attempts by the Victorian writers to dramatize finance capitalism at […]
2004, Borislav Knezevic, Figures of Finance Capitalism: Writing, Class and Capital in Mid-Victorian Narratives, Routledge, →ISBN, page 152:A common thread links the social world of barbershop with the neighbouring social worlds of jazz and classical music as these were sketched in the first chapter. The common thread is the general musical lifestyle shared by the musicians who […]
1996, Robert A. Stebbins, The Barbershop Singer: Inside the Social World of a Musical Hobby, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 100:My experiences in education, network consulting, service provider support, and certification have shown me that there is a common thread that frustrates people in all of these arenas. That common thread is documentation.
2001, William R. Parkhurst, Cisco BGP-4 Command and Configuration Handbook, Cisco Press, →ISBN:What is the common thread in these three stories?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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Synonyms
golden thread · common denominator · throughline · leitmotif
Translations (18)
fr fil d'Ariane (recurring characteristic or theme) · sv röd tråd (recurring characteristic or theme) · it filo conduttore (recurring characteristic or theme) · ca fil roig (recurring characteristic or theme) · es hilo conductor (recurring characteristic or theme) · az ana xətt (recurring characteristic or theme) · fi yhdistävä tekijä (recurring characteristic or theme) · da rød tråd (recurring characteristic or theme) · ru путево́дная нить (recurring characteristic or theme) · nl rode draad (recurring characteristic or theme) · fr fil conducteur (recurring characteristic or theme) · fi punainen lanka (recurring characteristic or theme) · it filo rosso (recurring characteristic or theme) · fr fil rouge (recurring characteristic or theme) · pl wspólny wątek (recurring characteristic or theme) · de roter Faden (recurring characteristic or theme) · fi yhteinen lanka (recurring characteristic or theme) · pt fio condutor (recurring characteristic or theme)