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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croquet mallet in CommonParlance
- definition a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet
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croquette in CommonParlance
- definition minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried
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crore in CommonParlance
- definition the number that is represented as a one followed by 7 zeros; ten million
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crosier in CommonParlance
- definition a staff surmounted by a crook or cross carried by bishops as a symbol of pastoral office
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cross in CommonParlance
- definition extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
- definition annoyed and irritable
- definition a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- definition a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- definition any affliction that causes great suffering
- definition (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
- definition (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- definition travel across or pass over
- definition meet at a point
- definition hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- definition fold so as to resemble a cross
- definition to cover or extend over an area or time period
- definition meet and pass
- definition trace a line through or across
- definition breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties
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cross bit in CommonParlance
- definition a rock drill having cruciform cutting edges; used in mining
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cross bun in CommonParlance
- definition moderately sweet raised roll containing spices and raisins and citron and decorated with a cross-shaped sugar glaze
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cross country in CommonParlance
- definition a long race run over open country
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cross dressing in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex
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cross examine in CommonParlance
- definition question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side
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cross hair in CommonParlance
- definition either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are used for sighting or calibration
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cross infection in CommonParlance
- definition an infection that is acquired at a hospital or other healthcare facility
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cross of Calvary in CommonParlance
- definition a Latin cross set on three steps
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cross of Lorraine in CommonParlance
- definition a cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper
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cross off in CommonParlance
- definition remove from a list
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cross oneself in CommonParlance
- definition make the sign of the cross; in the Catholic religion
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cross out in CommonParlance
- definition remove from a list
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cross product in CommonParlance
- definition a vector that is the product of two other vectors
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cross question in CommonParlance
- definition question closely, or question a witness that has already been questioned by the opposing side
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cross section in CommonParlance
- definition a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis
- definition a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
- definition (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns
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cross street in CommonParlance
- definition a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it
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cross thwart in CommonParlance
- definition a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
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cross vine in CommonParlance
- definition woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
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cross wire in CommonParlance
- definition either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are used for sighting or calibration
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cross-banded in CommonParlance
- definition (of snakes) having crossing bands on the back