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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damp-proof 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
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dampen in CommonParlance
- definition suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
- definition make moist
- definition deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- definition reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- definition make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- definition check; keep in check (a fire)
- definition lessen in force or effect
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dampener in CommonParlance
- definition a device that dampens or moistens something
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dampening in CommonParlance
- definition the act of making something slightly wet
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damper in CommonParlance
- definition a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace
- definition a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations
- definition a depressing restraint
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damper block in CommonParlance
- definition damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration
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damping off in CommonParlance
- definition a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture
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damping off fungus in CommonParlance
- definition fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings
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dampish in CommonParlance
- definition slightly wet
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damply in CommonParlance
- definition in a damp manner
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dampness in CommonParlance
- definition a slight wetness
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damsel in CommonParlance
- definition a young unmarried woman
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damselfish in CommonParlance
- definition small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
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damselfly in CommonParlance
- definition slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest
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damson in CommonParlance
- definition dark purple plum of the damson tree
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damson plum in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit
- definition plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
- definition dark purple plum of the damson tree
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damson plum tree in CommonParlance
- definition plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit
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danaid in CommonParlance
- definition large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
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danaid butterfly in CommonParlance
- definition large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
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dance in CommonParlance
- definition an artistic form of nonverbal communication
- definition a party of people assembled for dancing
- definition taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
- definition a party for social dancing
- definition move in a graceful and rhythmical way
- definition move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
- definition skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
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dance band in CommonParlance
- definition a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing
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dance floor in CommonParlance
- definition a bare floor polished for dancing; any space or surface designated for dancing
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dance hall in CommonParlance
- definition large room used mainly for dancing
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dance lesson in CommonParlance
- definition a lesson in dancing
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dance master in CommonParlance
- definition a professional teacher of dancing