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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damages in CommonParlance
- definition a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
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damaging in CommonParlance
- definition (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury
- definition designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
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damar in CommonParlance
- definition any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
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damascene in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Damascus or its people
- definition (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals
- definition a design produced by inlaying gold or silver into steel
- definition inlay metal with gold and silver
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damask in CommonParlance
- definition having a woven pattern
- definition a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern
- definition a fabric of linen or cotton or silk or wool with a reversible pattern woven into it
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damask rose in CommonParlance
- definition large hardy very fragrant pink rose; cultivated in Asia Minor as source of attar of roses; parent of many hybrids
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damask violet in CommonParlance
- definition long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening; naturalized throughout Europe to Siberia and into North America
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dame in CommonParlance
- definition informal terms for a (young) woman
- definition a woman of refinement
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daminozide in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical sprayed on fruit trees to regulate their growth so the entire crop can be harvested at one time
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dammar in CommonParlance
- definition any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
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dammar pine in CommonParlance
- definition any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
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dammar resin in CommonParlance
- definition any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine
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damn in CommonParlance
- definition used as expletives
- definition expletives used informally as intensifiers
- definition something of little value
- definition extremely
- definition wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
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damnable in CommonParlance
- definition deserving to be execrated
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damnably in CommonParlance
- definition in a damnable manner
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damnation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of damning
- definition the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell
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damnatory in CommonParlance
- definition threatening with damnation
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damned in CommonParlance
- definition expletives used informally as intensifiers
- definition in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell
- definition people who are condemned to eternal punishment
- definition in a damnable manner
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damning in CommonParlance
- definition threatening with damnation
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damoiselle in CommonParlance
- definition a young unmarried woman
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damosel in CommonParlance
- definition a young unmarried woman
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damourite in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of muscovite
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damozel in CommonParlance
- definition a young unmarried woman
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damp in CommonParlance
- definition slightly wet
- definition a slight wetness
- definition deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- definition restrain or discourage
- definition make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- definition lessen in force or effect
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damp course in CommonParlance
- definition a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building