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.
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concerto grosso in CommonParlance
- definition a baroque composition for orchestra and a group of solo instruments
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concession in CommonParlance
- definition a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business
- definition the act of conceding or yielding
- definition a point conceded or yielded
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concessionaire in CommonParlance
- definition someone who holds or operates a concession
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concessioner in CommonParlance
- definition someone who holds or operates a concession
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concessive in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to concession
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concessive adverbial in CommonParlance
- definition an adverbial that expresses an idea that suggests the opposite of the main part of the sentence.
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conch in CommonParlance
- definition any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
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concha in CommonParlance
- definition (anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape
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conchfish in CommonParlance
- definition found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch
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conchoid in CommonParlance
- definition Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
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conchoid of Nicomedes in CommonParlance
- definition the conchoid of a straight line with respect to a point not on the line.
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conchologist in CommonParlance
- definition a collector and student of mollusc shells
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conchology in CommonParlance
- definition the collection and study of mollusc shells
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concierge in CommonParlance
- definition a French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
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conciliable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being pacified
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conciliate in CommonParlance
- definition cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- definition come to terms
- definition make (one thing) compatible with (another)
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conciliation in CommonParlance
- definition the state of manifesting goodwill and cooperation after being reconciled
- definition any of various forms of mediation whereby disputes may be settled short of arbitration
- definition the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
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conciliative in CommonParlance
- definition intended to placate
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conciliator in CommonParlance
- definition someone who tries to bring peace
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conciliatory in CommonParlance
- definition making or willing to make concessions
- definition intended to placate
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concise in CommonParlance
- definition expressing much in few words
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concisely in CommonParlance
- definition in a concise manner; in a few words
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conciseness in CommonParlance
- definition terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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concision in CommonParlance
- definition terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
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conclave in CommonParlance
- definition a confidential or secret meeting