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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copybook in CommonParlance
- definition a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship
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copycat in CommonParlance
- definition someone who copies the words or behavior of another
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copyedit in CommonParlance
- definition edit and correct (written or printed material)
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copyhold in CommonParlance
- definition a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
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copyholder in CommonParlance
- definition mechanical device used in printing; holds the copy for the compositor
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copying in CommonParlance
- definition an act of copying
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copyist in CommonParlance
- definition someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
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copyread in CommonParlance
- definition edit and correct (written or printed material)
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copyreader in CommonParlance
- definition an editor who prepares text for publication
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copyright in CommonParlance
- definition a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work
- definition secure a copyright on a written work
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copyright infringement in CommonParlance
- definition a violation of the rights secured by a copyright
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copyrighted in CommonParlance
- definition (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright
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copywriter in CommonParlance
- definition a person employed to write advertising or publicity copy
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coq au vin in CommonParlance
- definition chicken and onions and mushrooms braised in red wine and seasonings
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coquet in CommonParlance
- definition a seductive man who uses his sex appeal to exploit women
- definition talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
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coquetry in CommonParlance
- definition playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest
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coquette in CommonParlance
- definition a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
- definition talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
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coquettish in CommonParlance
- definition like a coquette
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coquettishly in CommonParlance
- definition in a flirtatious manner
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coquilla nut in CommonParlance
- definition nut having a hard hazel-brown shell used like vegetable ivory
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coquille in CommonParlance
- definition seafood served in a scallop shell
- definition a dish in the form of a scallop shell
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coquilles Saint-Jacques in CommonParlance
- definition scallops in white wine sauce served in scallop shells
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cor anglais in CommonParlance
- definition a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
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cor pulmonale in CommonParlance
- definition enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels
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coracan in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient