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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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complement fixation in CommonParlance
- definition an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)
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complement fixation test in CommonParlance
- definition a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test
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complemental in CommonParlance
- definition acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
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complementarity in CommonParlance
- definition a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
- definition the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
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complementary in CommonParlance
- definition of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other
- definition acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
- definition either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
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complementary DNA in CommonParlance
- definition single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
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complementary angles in CommonParlance
- definition two angles whose sum is a right angle
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complementary close in CommonParlance
- definition the words (as sincerely yours) that conventionally come immediately before the signature of a letter and express the sender's regard for the receiver.
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complementary color in CommonParlance
- definition either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
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complementary distribution in CommonParlance
- definition (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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complementary medicine in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine
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complementation in CommonParlance
- definition the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate
- definition (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
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complete in CommonParlance
- definition having every necessary or normal part or component or step
- definition perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- definition highly skilled
- definition without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- definition having come or been brought to a conclusion
- definition come or bring to a finish or an end
- definition bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
- definition complete or carry out
- definition complete a pass
- definition write all the required information onto a form
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complete blood count in CommonParlance
- definition counting the number of white and red blood cells and the number of platelets in 1 cubic millimeter of blood
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complete fracture in CommonParlance
- definition break involving the entire width of the bone
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completed in CommonParlance
- definition successfully completed or brought to an end
- definition (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony
- definition caught
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completely in CommonParlance
- definition to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- definition so as to be complete; with everything necessary
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completeness in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed
- definition (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that a contradiction arises if any proposition is introduced that cannot be derived from the axioms of the system
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completing in CommonParlance
- definition acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
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completion in CommonParlance
- definition (American football) a successful forward pass in football
- definition a concluding action
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complex in CommonParlance
- definition complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
- definition difficult to analyze or understand
- definition a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
- definition a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
- definition (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
- definition a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
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complex absence in CommonParlance
- definition an absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or vasomotor changes)
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complex body part in CommonParlance
- definition a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement
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complex conjugate in CommonParlance
- definition either of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in sign
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complex fraction in CommonParlance
- definition a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator