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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contemporise in CommonParlance
- definition happen at the same time
- definition arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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contemporize in CommonParlance
- definition happen at the same time
- definition arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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contempt in CommonParlance
- definition lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- definition a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- definition open disrespect for a person or thing
- definition a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
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contempt of Congress in CommonParlance
- definition deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch
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contempt of court in CommonParlance
- definition disrespect for the rules of a court of law
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contemptibility in CommonParlance
- definition unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
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contemptible in CommonParlance
- definition deserving of contempt or scorn
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contemptibly in CommonParlance
- definition in a manner deserving contempt
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contemptuous in CommonParlance
- definition expressing extreme contempt
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contemptuously in CommonParlance
- definition without respect; in a disdainful manner
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contemptuousness in CommonParlance
- definition the manifestation of scorn and contempt
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contend in CommonParlance
- definition maintain or assert
- definition have an argument about something
- definition to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
- definition succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- definition compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- definition be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
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contender in CommonParlance
- definition the contestant you hope to defeat
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content in CommonParlance
- definition satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
- definition (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- definition content communicating a message; what something is about
- definition the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
- definition the amount that can be contained
- definition the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- definition something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- definition the state of being contented with your situation in life
- definition satisfy in a limited way
- definition make content
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content word in CommonParlance
- definition a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
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contented in CommonParlance
- definition satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
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contentedly in CommonParlance
- definition with equanimity
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contentedness in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being contented with your situation in life
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contention in CommonParlance
- definition a point asserted as part of an argument
- definition a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- definition the act of competing as for profit or a prize
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contentious in CommonParlance
- definition inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
- definition involving or likely to cause controversy
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contentiousness in CommonParlance
- definition an inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious
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contentment in CommonParlance
- definition happiness with one's situation in life
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contents in CommonParlance
- definition (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- definition a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
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conterminous in CommonParlance
- definition connecting without a break; within a common boundary
- definition having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
- definition being of equal extent or scope or duration
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contest in CommonParlance
- definition an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
- definition a struggle between rivals
- definition to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation