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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current account in CommonParlance
- definition that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments
- definition a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
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current assets in CommonParlance
- definition assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash)
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current collector in CommonParlance
- definition a roof-mounted device used by trolleybuses, trams, electric locomotives or EMUs to carry electrical power from overhead lines or electrical third rails to the electrical equipment of the vehicles.
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current electricity in CommonParlance
- definition a flow of electric charge
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current intelligence in CommonParlance
- definition intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest; usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation
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current of air in CommonParlance
- definition air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
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current unit in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time
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currently in CommonParlance
- definition at this time or period; now
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currentness in CommonParlance
- definition the property of belonging to the present time
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curricular in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to an academic course of study
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curriculum in CommonParlance
- definition an integrated course of academic studies
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curriculum vitae in CommonParlance
- definition a summary of your academic and work history
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currier in CommonParlance
- definition a craftsman who curries leather for use
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currish in CommonParlance
- definition base and cowardly
- definition resembling a cur; snarling and rude
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currishly in CommonParlance
- definition in a currish manner; meanspiritedly
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curry in CommonParlance
- definition (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
- definition season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
- definition treat by incorporating fat
- definition give a neat appearance to
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curry favor in CommonParlance
- definition seek favor by fawning or flattery
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curry favour in CommonParlance
- definition seek favor by fawning or flattery
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curry leaf in CommonParlance
- definition a leaf from the curry tree, valued as seasoning in southern and west-coast Indian and Sri Lankan cooking.
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curry powder in CommonParlance
- definition pungent blend of cumin and ground coriander seed and turmeric and other spices
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curry sauce in CommonParlance
- definition allemande sauce with curry powder and coconut milk instead of stock
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currycomb in CommonParlance
- definition a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- definition clean (a horse) with a currycomb
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curse in CommonParlance
- definition profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
- definition an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group
- definition an evil spell
- definition something causing misery or death
- definition a severe affliction
- definition utter obscenities or profanities
- definition heap obscenities upon
- definition wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- definition exclude from a church or a religious community
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curse word in CommonParlance
- definition profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
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cursed in CommonParlance
- definition deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
- definition in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell