The phrase "a commonly understood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is widely recognized or accepted by a group of people.
Example: "The term 'sustainability' is a commonly understood concept in environmental discussions."
Alternatives: "a widely accepted" or "a generally recognized".
Some novels have both the good and bad fortune of being given over to wider history, inspiring idiomatic phrases that instantly communicate a commonly understood idea.
Michelin's stars are now a commonly understood definition of restaurant quality and, in this celebrity chef era, the publication of a new guide is a media event.
There is hardly a cultural consensus about what meanings it should convey, or a commonly understood architectural language with which to convey them.
When a commonly understood ethical principle such as this has to be confidently and explicitly stated, you can be sure it's been violated.
Unlike Android or iOS, which require a developer to learn a special way of writing software for each respective operating system, developers on Firefox OS will write their apps in HTML5, a commonly understood language for writing Web pages.
Let's begin with a commonly understood investment architecture.
To put these results in perspective, it is useful to compare these net benefits to an intervention commonly understood as tremendously cost effective that of vaccinations.
A god is commonly understood to be a sort of extraordinary self.
There is being a sore loser and then there is reacting to a narrow defeat by trying to kick the victor while aiming a series of commonly understood hand gestures in his direction.
SPICE is developed to provide a consistent and commonly understood set of models for components, circuits and signals.
It commanded diverse genres that moved reasonably effortlessly between court and kotha: a space most commonly understood as brothel, but which was also part of the popular entertainment scene.
