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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daftly in CommonParlance
- definition in a mildly insane manner
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daftness in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for insanity
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dag in CommonParlance
- definition 10 grams
- definition a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing
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dagame in CommonParlance
- definition source of a tough elastic wood
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dagga in CommonParlance
- definition relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco
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dagger in CommonParlance
- definition a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
- definition a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
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dagger fern in CommonParlance
- definition North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
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dagger-like in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a dagger
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daggerboard in CommonParlance
- definition a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel
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dago in CommonParlance
- definition (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
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daguerreotype in CommonParlance
- definition a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
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dah in CommonParlance
- definition the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
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dahl in CommonParlance
- definition tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
- definition small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
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dahlia in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia
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daikon in CommonParlance
- definition radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
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daily in CommonParlance
- definition of or belonging to or occurring every day
- definition appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- definition a newspaper that is published every day
- definition every day; without missing a day
- definition gradually and progressively
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daily bread in CommonParlance
- definition All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
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daily dew in CommonParlance
- definition any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
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daily double in CommonParlance
- definition a single bet on two horse races in the same day
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daily order in CommonParlance
- definition (usually plural) a command or set of commands covering an entire day issued by a military organization or a military commander to troops, sailors, etc.
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daily round in CommonParlance
- definition the usual activities in your day
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daily variation in CommonParlance
- definition fluctuations that occur between one day and the next
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daimon in CommonParlance
- definition an evil supernatural being
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daintily in CommonParlance
- definition in a dainty and fastidious manner
- definition in a manner suggestive of delicate beauty or grace
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daintiness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance