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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contrarious in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by self-willed opposition
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contrariwise in CommonParlance
- definition in a contrary disobedient manner
- definition with the order reversed
- definition contrary to expectations
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contrary in CommonParlance
- definition very opposed in nature or character or purpose
- definition of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false
- definition resistant to guidance or discipline
- definition in an opposing direction
- definition a relation of direct opposition
- definition exact opposition
- definition a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
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contrary to fact in CommonParlance
- definition going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
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contrast in CommonParlance
- definition the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared
- definition the act of distinguishing by comparing differences
- definition a conceptual separation or distinction
- definition the perceptual effect of the juxtaposition of very different colors
- definition the range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness)
- definition put in opposition to show or emphasize differences
- definition to show differences when compared; be different
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contrast material in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
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contrast medium in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills
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contrasting in CommonParlance
- definition strikingly different; tending to contrast
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contrastingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a contrasting manner
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contrastive in CommonParlance
- definition of words so related that one contrasts with the other
- definition strikingly different; tending to contrast
- definition syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
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contrasty in CommonParlance
- definition having sharp differences between black and white
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contravallation in CommonParlance
- definition a fortification build around a sieged target by the besiegers to prevent attacks by the defenders.
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contravene in CommonParlance
- definition go against, as of rules and laws
- definition deny the truth of
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contravention in CommonParlance
- definition coming into conflict with
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contredanse in CommonParlance
- definition a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
- definition perform a contradance
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contretemps in CommonParlance
- definition an awkward clash
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contribute in CommonParlance
- definition bestow a quality on
- definition contribute to some cause
- definition be conducive to
- definition provide
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contributing in CommonParlance
- definition tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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contribution in CommonParlance
- definition the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- definition a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
- definition act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
- definition an amount of money contributed
- definition a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
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contributive in CommonParlance
- definition tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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contributor in CommonParlance
- definition someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money
- definition a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book
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contributory in CommonParlance
- definition tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
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contributory negligence in CommonParlance
- definition (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence
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contrite in CommonParlance
- definition feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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contritely in CommonParlance
- definition in a rueful manner