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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cursed crowfoot in CommonParlance
- definition annual herb growing in marshy places
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cursed with in CommonParlance
- definition burdened with
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cursedly in CommonParlance
- definition in a damnable manner
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cursive in CommonParlance
- definition having successive letters joined together
- definition rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
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cursive script in CommonParlance
- definition rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
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cursively in CommonParlance
- definition in a cursive manner
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cursor in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
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cursorial in CommonParlance
- definition (of limbs and feet) adapted for running
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cursorily in CommonParlance
- definition without taking pains
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cursory in CommonParlance
- definition hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
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curst in CommonParlance
- definition deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier
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curt in CommonParlance
- definition marked by rude or peremptory shortness
- definition brief and to the point; effectively cut short
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curtail in CommonParlance
- definition place restrictions on
- definition terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
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curtailment in CommonParlance
- definition the temporal property of being cut short
- definition the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
- definition the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
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curtain in CommonParlance
- definition hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
- definition any barrier to communication or vision
- definition provide with drapery
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curtain airbag in CommonParlance
- definition a safety device installed in cars that deploys by rapidly inflating to protect the head and provide rollover protection.
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curtain call in CommonParlance
- definition an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
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curtain lecture in CommonParlance
- definition a private lecture to a husband by his wife
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curtain off in CommonParlance
- definition separate by means of a curtain
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curtain raiser in CommonParlance
- definition any preliminary activity
- definition a short play presented before the main play
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curtain raising in CommonParlance
- definition the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
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curtain ring in CommonParlance
- definition a circular ring for holding up a curtain
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curtained in CommonParlance
- definition furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies
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curtainless in CommonParlance
- definition not provided with curtains
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curtal in CommonParlance
- definition (archaic) docked