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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consummation in CommonParlance
- definition the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
- definition the act of bringing to completion or fruition
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consumption in CommonParlance
- definition the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
- definition involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- definition (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- definition the act of consuming something
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consumption of materials in CommonParlance
- definition the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and depreciation of fixed assets) needed for production.
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consumption weed in CommonParlance
- definition a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts
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consumptive in CommonParlance
- definition tending to consume or use often wastefully
- definition afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
- definition a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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contact in CommonParlance
- definition close interaction
- definition the act of touching physically
- definition the state or condition of touching or of being in immediate proximity
- definition the physical coming together of two or more things
- definition a person who is in a position to give you special assistance
- definition a channel for communication between groups
- definition (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact
- definition a communicative interaction
- definition a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
- definition be in or establish communication with
- definition be in direct physical contact with; make contact
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contact action in CommonParlance
- definition acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
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contact arm in CommonParlance
- definition contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet
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contact dermatitis in CommonParlance
- definition a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)
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contact lens in CommonParlance
- definition a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication
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contact microphone in CommonParlance
- definition a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface)
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contact mike in CommonParlance
- definition a microphone designed to be used in contact with a source of sound (or with a resonating surface)
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contact print in CommonParlance
- definition a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative
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contact sport in CommonParlance
- definition a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players
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contadino in CommonParlance
- definition an Italian farmer
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contagion in CommonParlance
- definition any disease easily transmitted by contact
- definition an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- definition the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
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contagious in CommonParlance
- definition easily diffused or spread as from one person to another
- definition (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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contagious abortion in CommonParlance
- definition an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
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contagious disease in CommonParlance
- definition any disease easily transmitted by contact
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contagiously in CommonParlance
- definition in a contagious manner
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contagiousness in CommonParlance
- definition The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others.
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contain in CommonParlance
- definition include or contain; have as a component
- definition contain or hold; have within
- definition lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- definition be divisible by
- definition be capable of holding or containing
- definition hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
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contained in CommonParlance
- definition gotten under control
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container in CommonParlance
- definition any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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container ship in CommonParlance
- definition a cargo ship designed to hold containerized cargoes