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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aciduric in CommonParlance
- definition especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
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acinar in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
- definition pertaining to the individual parts making up an aggregate fruit like a blackberry
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acinic in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
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acinose in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
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acinous in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to one of the small sacs (as in a compound gland)
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acinus in CommonParlance
- definition one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
- definition one of the small sacs or saclike dilations in a compound gland
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ack-ack in CommonParlance
- definition artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
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ack-ack gun in CommonParlance
- definition artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
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ackee in CommonParlance
- definition red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe
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acknowledge in CommonParlance
- definition declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
- definition report the receipt of
- definition express recognition of the presence or existence of, or acquaintance with
- definition express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for
- definition accept as legally binding and valid
- definition accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
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acknowledgeable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being acknowledged
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acknowledged in CommonParlance
- definition recognized or made known or admitted
- definition generally accepted
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acknowledgement in CommonParlance
- definition the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- definition a statement acknowledging something or someone
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acknowledgment in CommonParlance
- definition the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
- definition a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- definition a statement acknowledging something or someone
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aclinic line in CommonParlance
- definition an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
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acme in CommonParlance
- definition the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- definition the highest point (of something)
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acmeism in CommonParlance
- definition An early 20th-century Russian school of poetry that rejected the vagueness and emotionality of Symbolism in favor of Imagist clarity and texture.
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acne in CommonParlance
- definition an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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acne rosacea in CommonParlance
- definition a skin disease of adults (more often women) in which blood vessels of the face enlarge resulting in a flushed appearance
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acne vulgaris in CommonParlance
- definition the most common form of acne; usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood
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acned in CommonParlance
- definition (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
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acneiform in CommonParlance
- definition resembling acne
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acold in CommonParlance
- definition of persons; feeling cold
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acolyte in CommonParlance
- definition someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
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aconite in CommonParlance
- definition any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers