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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contriteness in CommonParlance
- definition sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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contrition in CommonParlance
- definition sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
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contrivance in CommonParlance
- definition a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- definition the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- definition an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- definition an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- definition any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- definition the act of devising something
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contrive in CommonParlance
- definition make or work out a plan for; devise
- definition come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
- definition put or send forth
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contrived in CommonParlance
- definition showing effects of planning or manipulation
- definition artificially formal
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contriver in CommonParlance
- definition a person who makes plans
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control in CommonParlance
- definition power to direct or determine
- definition a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- definition (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- definition a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- definition the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- definition the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- definition discipline in personal and social activities
- definition great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- definition a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- definition a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- definition the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- definition exercise authoritative control or power over
- definition lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- definition handle and cause to function
- definition maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- definition check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- definition place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- definition verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- definition be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- definition have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
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control account in CommonParlance
- definition an account that shows totals of amounts entered in a subsidiary ledger
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control board in CommonParlance
- definition electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
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control center in CommonParlance
- definition the operational center for a group of related activities
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control character in CommonParlance
- definition ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace; typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time
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control circuit in CommonParlance
- definition a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input
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control condition in CommonParlance
- definition a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
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control experiment in CommonParlance
- definition an experiment designed to control for variables affecting the results of another experiment
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control freak in CommonParlance
- definition someone with a compulsive desire to exert control over situations and people
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control function in CommonParlance
- definition an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data
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control grid in CommonParlance
- definition an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube
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control key in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
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control operation in CommonParlance
- definition an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data
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control panel in CommonParlance
- definition electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
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control rod in CommonParlance
- definition a steel or aluminum rod that can be moved up or down to control the rate of the nuclear reaction
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control room in CommonParlance
- definition a room housing control equipment (as in a recording studio)
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control stick in CommonParlance
- definition a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
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control stock in CommonParlance
- definition shares owned by shareholders who have a controlling interest
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control surface in CommonParlance
- definition a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight