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.
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conventionalized in CommonParlance
- definition using artistic forms and conventions to create effects; not natural or spontaneous
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conventionally in CommonParlance
- definition in a conventional manner
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conventioneer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who attends a convention
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conventual in CommonParlance
- definition of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows
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converge in CommonParlance
- definition be adjacent or come together
- definition approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
- definition move or draw together at a certain location
- definition come together so as to form a single product
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convergence in CommonParlance
- definition the occurrence of two or more things coming together
- definition the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- definition a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
- definition the act of converging (coming closer)
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convergency in CommonParlance
- definition the approach of an infinite series to a finite limit
- definition the act of converging (coming closer)
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convergent in CommonParlance
- definition tending to come together from different directions
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convergent strabismus in CommonParlance
- definition strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose
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convergent thinker in CommonParlance
- definition a thinker who focuses on the problem as stated and tries to synthesize information and knowledge to achieve a solution
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convergent thinking in CommonParlance
- definition thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)
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converging in CommonParlance
- definition the act of converging (coming closer)
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converging lens in CommonParlance
- definition lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus
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conversance in CommonParlance
- definition personal knowledge or information about someone or something
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conversancy in CommonParlance
- definition personal knowledge or information about someone or something
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conversant in CommonParlance
- definition (usually followed by ‘with’) well informed about or knowing thoroughly
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conversation in CommonParlance
- definition the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
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conversation piece in CommonParlance
- definition something interesting that stimulates conversation
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conversation stopper in CommonParlance
- definition a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply
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conversational in CommonParlance
- definition characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
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conversational partner in CommonParlance
- definition a person who takes part in a conversation
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conversationalist in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled at conversation
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conversationally in CommonParlance
- definition with the use of colloquial expressions
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conversationist in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled at conversation
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converse in CommonParlance
- definition of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
- definition turned about in order or relation
- definition a proposition obtained by conversion
- definition carry on a conversation