Attested.to

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.

Propose an assessment

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.

Machine-readable purpose record

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    • definition something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
  • counselling in CommonParlance
    • definition something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
  • counsellor in CommonParlance
    • definition someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
    • definition someone who gives advice about problems
    • definition a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  • counsellorship in CommonParlance
  • counselor in CommonParlance
    • definition someone who gives advice about problems
    • definition someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
    • definition a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  • counselor-at-law in CommonParlance
  • counselorship in CommonParlance
  • count in CommonParlance
  • count down in CommonParlance
    • definition count backwards; before detonating a bomb, for example
  • count noun in CommonParlance
  • count off in CommonParlance
    • definition call in turn from right to left or from back to front numbers that determine some position or function
  • count on in CommonParlance
  • count out in CommonParlance
  • count palatine in CommonParlance
    • definition a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain
  • count per minute in CommonParlance
  • countable in CommonParlance
  • countdown in CommonParlance
    • definition counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
  • countenance in CommonParlance
    • definition the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    • definition formal and explicit approval
    • definition the human face (‘kisser’ and ‘smiler’ and ‘mug’ are informal terms for ‘face’ and ‘phiz’ is British)
    • definition consent to, give permission; permit
  • counter in CommonParlance
    • definition indicating opposition or resistance
    • definition table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
    • definition game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
    • definition a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
    • definition a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
    • definition a person who counts things
    • definition a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
    • definition (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
    • definition a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
    • definition a return punch (especially by a boxer)
    • definition in the opposite direction
    • definition speak in response
    • definition act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
  • counter check in CommonParlance
    • definition a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals
  • counter conditioning in CommonParlance
    • definition conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus
  • counter tube in CommonParlance
    • definition a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events
  • counter-drill in CommonParlance
  • counter-evidence in CommonParlance
    • definition (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
  • counter-revolutionist in CommonParlance
    • definition a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution