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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commuting in CommonParlance
- definition the travel of a commuter
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comose in CommonParlance
- definition bearing a coma; crowned with an assemblage of branches or leaves or bracts
- definition of certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
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comp in CommonParlance
- definition an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
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compact in CommonParlance
- definition closely and firmly united or packed together
- definition having a short and solid form or stature
- definition briefly giving the gist of something
- definition a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse
- definition a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- definition a small and economical car
- definition have the property of being packable or of compacting easily
- definition compress into a wad
- definition make more compact by or as if by pressing
- definition squeeze or press together
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compact car in CommonParlance
- definition a small and economical car
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compact disc in CommonParlance
- definition a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
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compact disc read-only memory in CommonParlance
- definition a compact disk that is used with a computer (rather than with an audio system); a large amount of digital information can be stored and accessed but it cannot be altered by the user
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compact disc recordable in CommonParlance
- definition a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory
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compact disc write-once in CommonParlance
- definition a compact disc on which you can write only once and thereafter is read-only memory
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compact disk in CommonParlance
- definition a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser
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compact fluorescent light in CommonParlance
- definition fluorescent light bulb that is energy-saving
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compact mirror in CommonParlance
- definition A small handheld mirror usually in a round metal or plastic case; mostly used to touch up make up outside the house.
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compact powder in CommonParlance
- definition cosmetic powder for the face that is stored in a compact.
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compact-disk burner in CommonParlance
- definition recording equipment for making compact disks
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compaction in CommonParlance
- definition an increase in the density of something
- definition the act of crushing
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compactly in CommonParlance
- definition in a compact manner or state
- definition with concise and precise brevity; to the point
- definition taking up no more space than necessary
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compactness in CommonParlance
- definition the spatial property of being crowded together
- definition the consistency of a compact solid
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compander in CommonParlance
- definition a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus.
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companion in CommonParlance
- definition a friend who is frequently in the company of another
- definition a traveler who accompanies you
- definition one paid to accompany or assist or live with another
- definition be a companion to somebody
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companionability in CommonParlance
- definition suitability to be a companion
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companionable in CommonParlance
- definition suggestive of companionship
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companionableness in CommonParlance
- definition suitability to be a companion
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companionate in CommonParlance
- definition like a companion
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companionship in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being with someone
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companionway in CommonParlance
- definition a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship