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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consulship in CommonParlance
- definition the post of consul
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consult in CommonParlance
- definition get or ask advice from
- definition seek information from
- definition have a conference in order to talk something over
- definition advise professionally
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consultancy in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of giving expert advice within a particular field
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consultant in CommonParlance
- definition an expert who gives advice
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consultation in CommonParlance
- definition a conference (usually with someone important)
- definition a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question
- definition the act of referring or consulting
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consultative in CommonParlance
- definition giving advice
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consultatory in CommonParlance
- definition giving advice
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consulting company in CommonParlance
- definition a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
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consulting firm in CommonParlance
- definition a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
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consulting service in CommonParlance
- definition service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.)
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consultive in CommonParlance
- definition giving advice
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consumable in CommonParlance
- definition may be used up
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consume in CommonParlance
- definition eat up completely, as with great appetite
- definition serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- definition spend extravagantly
- definition destroy completely by means of consumption
- definition use up (resources or materials)
- definition engage fully
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consumer in CommonParlance
- definition a person who uses goods or services
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consumer credit in CommonParlance
- definition a line of credit extended for personal or household use
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consumer durables in CommonParlance
- definition consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
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consumer finance company in CommonParlance
- definition a finance company that makes loans to people who have trouble getting a bank loan
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consumer goods in CommonParlance
- definition goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption
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consumer loan in CommonParlance
- definition a loan that establishes consumer credit that is granted for personal use; usually unsecured and based on the borrower's integrity and ability to pay
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consumer price index in CommonParlance
- definition an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer
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consumer research in CommonParlance
- definition marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers
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consumerism in CommonParlance
- definition the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
- definition a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
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consuming in CommonParlance
- definition very strong; urgently felt
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consummate in CommonParlance
- definition having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
- definition perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- definition without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- definition fulfill sexually
- definition make perfect; bring to perfection
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consummated in CommonParlance
- definition brought to completion