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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convalescence in CommonParlance
- definition gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
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convalescent in CommonParlance
- definition returning to health after illness or debility
- definition a person who is recovering from illness
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convect in CommonParlance
- definition circulate hot air by convection
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convection in CommonParlance
- definition the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion
- definition (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
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convector in CommonParlance
- definition a space heater that transfers heat to the surrounding air by convection
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convene in CommonParlance
- definition meet formally
- definition call together
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convener in CommonParlance
- definition the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
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convenience in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being suitable or opportune
- definition the quality of being useful and convenient
- definition a toilet that is available to the public
- definition a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
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convenience food in CommonParlance
- definition any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating
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convenience store in CommonParlance
- definition a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers
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conveniences in CommonParlance
- definition things that make you comfortable and at ease
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convenient in CommonParlance
- definition suited to your comfort or purpose or needs
- definition large and roomy (‘convenient’ is archaic in this sense)
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conveniently in CommonParlance
- definition in a convenient manner
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convening in CommonParlance
- definition the act of convening
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convent in CommonParlance
- definition a religious residence especially for nuns
- definition a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
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conventicle in CommonParlance
- definition a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
- definition a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)
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convention in CommonParlance
- definition a large formal assembly
- definition something regarded as a normative example
- definition (diplomacy) an international agreement
- definition orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- definition the act of convening
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conventional in CommonParlance
- definition following accepted customs and proprieties
- definition conforming with accepted standards
- definition (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
- definition unimaginative and conformist
- definition represented in simplified or symbolic form
- definition in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
- definition rigidly formal or bound by convention
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conventionalisation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style
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conventionalise in CommonParlance
- definition make conventional or adapt to conventions
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conventionalised in CommonParlance
- definition using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
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conventionalism in CommonParlance
- definition orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
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conventionality in CommonParlance
- definition conformity with conventional thought and behavior
- definition unoriginality as a result of being too conventional
- definition orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
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conventionalization in CommonParlance
- definition the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style
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conventionalize in CommonParlance
- definition make conventional or adapt to conventions
- definition represent according to a conventional style