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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counterdemonstration in CommonParlance
- definition a demonstration held in opposition to another demonstration
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counterdemonstrator in CommonParlance
- definition someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration
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counterespionage in CommonParlance
- definition spying on the spies
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counterevidence in CommonParlance
- definition (philosophy, law, sciences) Evidence which tends to disprove a claim or hypothesis.
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counterexample in CommonParlance
- definition refutation by example
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counterfactual in CommonParlance
- definition going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)
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counterfactuality in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being contrary to fact
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counterfeit in CommonParlance
- definition not genuine; imitating something superior
- definition a copy that is represented as the original
- definition make a copy of with the intent to deceive
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counterfeiter in CommonParlance
- definition someone who makes copies illegally
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counterfire in CommonParlance
- definition fire intended to neutralize or destroy enemy weapons
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counterfoil in CommonParlance
- definition the part of a check that is retained as a record
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counterglow in CommonParlance
- definition a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
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counterinsurgency in CommonParlance
- definition actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
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counterinsurgent in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
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counterintelligence in CommonParlance
- definition intelligence activities concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage or sabotage or subversion or terrorism
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counterintuitive in CommonParlance
- definition contrary to what common sense would suggest
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counterintuitively in CommonParlance
- definition in a counterintuitive manner
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counterirritant in CommonParlance
- definition a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation
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counterman in CommonParlance
- definition a male who attends a counter (as in a diner)
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countermand in CommonParlance
- definition a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command
- definition cancel officially
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countermarch in CommonParlance
- definition (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
- definition march back along the same way
- definition change the order of soldiers during a march
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countermeasure in CommonParlance
- definition an action taken to offset another action
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countermine in CommonParlance
- definition (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy
- definition destroy property or hinder normal operations
- definition destroy enemy mines with one's own mines
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countermortar fire in CommonParlance
- definition mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons
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countermove in CommonParlance
- definition an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.