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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actual damages in CommonParlance
- definition (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
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actual eviction in CommonParlance
- definition the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises; the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent
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actual possession in CommonParlance
- definition (law) immediate and direct physical control over property
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actual sin in CommonParlance
- definition a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin)
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actualisation in CommonParlance
- definition making real or giving the appearance of reality
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actualise in CommonParlance
- definition make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- definition represent or describe realistically
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actuality in CommonParlance
- definition the state of actually existing objectively
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actualization in CommonParlance
- definition making real or giving the appearance of reality
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actualize in CommonParlance
- definition make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
- definition represent or describe realistically
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actually in CommonParlance
- definition in actual fact
- definition used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly
- definition at present
- definition as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis
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actuarial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the work of an actuary
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actuarial table in CommonParlance
- definition a table of statistical data
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actuary in CommonParlance
- definition someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
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actuate in CommonParlance
- definition put in motion or move to act
- definition give an incentive for action
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actuated in CommonParlance
- definition moved to action
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actuating in CommonParlance
- definition causing motion or action or change
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actuation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of propelling
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actuator in CommonParlance
- definition a mechanism that puts something into automatic action
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actus reus in CommonParlance
- definition activity that transgresses moral or civil law
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acuate in CommonParlance
- definition ending in a sharp point
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acuity in CommonParlance
- definition sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
- definition a quick and penetrating intelligence
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aculea in CommonParlance
- definition small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects
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aculeate in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling a stinger or barb
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aculeated in CommonParlance
- definition having or resembling a stinger or barb
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aculeus in CommonParlance
- definition a stiff sharp-pointed plant process
- definition a sharp-pointed process especially a sting of a hymenopterous insect