CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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communist in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or marked by communism
- definition a socialist who advocates communism
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communist economy in CommonParlance
- definition the managed economy of a communist state
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communistic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or marked by communism
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community in CommonParlance
- definition a group of people living in a particular local area
- definition a group of people having a religion, ethnic, profession, or other particular characteristic in common
- definition common ownership
- definition a group of nations having common interests
- definition agreement as to goals
- definition a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
- definition (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
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community center in CommonParlance
- definition a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities
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community chest in CommonParlance
- definition a charity supported by individual subscriptions; defrays the demands on a community for social welfare
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community college in CommonParlance
- definition a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community
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community of interests in CommonParlance
- definition agreement as to goals
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community of scholars in CommonParlance
- definition the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees
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community property in CommonParlance
- definition property and income belonging jointly to a married couple
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community service in CommonParlance
- definition a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions
- definition an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence
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communization in CommonParlance
- definition a change from private property to public property owned by the community
- definition the organization of a nation of the basis of communism
- definition changing something from private to state ownership or control
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communize in CommonParlance
- definition make Communist or bring in accord with Communist principles
- definition make into property owned by the state
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commutability in CommonParlance
- definition exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable
- definition the quality of being commutable
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commutable in CommonParlance
- definition subject to alteration or change
- definition capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent
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commutate in CommonParlance
- definition reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
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commutation in CommonParlance
- definition the travel of a commuter
- definition a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
- definition (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- definition the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
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commutation ticket in CommonParlance
- definition a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate
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commutative in CommonParlance
- definition (of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g.: ‘a x b’ = ‘b x a’
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commutative group in CommonParlance
- definition a group that satisfies the commutative law
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commutator in CommonParlance
- definition switch for reversing the direction of an electric current
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commute in CommonParlance
- definition a regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work
- definition exchange positions without a change in value
- definition travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
- definition change the order or arrangement of
- definition exchange a penalty for a less severe one
- definition exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
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commuter in CommonParlance
- definition a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
- definition someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
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commuter traffic in CommonParlance
- definition traffic created by people going to or returning from work
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commuter train in CommonParlance
- definition a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another