CommonParlance
Seed
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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dandyish in CommonParlance
- definition affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner
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dandyism in CommonParlance
- definition the manner and dress of a fop or dandy
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danewort in CommonParlance
- definition dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
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danger in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury
- definition a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- definition a cause of pain or injury or loss
- definition a dangerous place
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danger line in CommonParlance
- definition a line beyond which it is dangerous to go
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danger zone in CommonParlance
- definition a dangerous area
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dangerous in CommonParlance
- definition involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- definition causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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dangerous undertaking in CommonParlance
- definition a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
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dangerously in CommonParlance
- definition in a dangerous manner
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dangerousness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of not being safe
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dangle in CommonParlance
- definition hang loosely
- definition cause to dangle or hang freely
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dangle-berry in CommonParlance
- definition huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit
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dangleberry in CommonParlance
- definition huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit
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dangling in CommonParlance
- definition the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
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dangling modifier in CommonParlance
- definition a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., ‘when young’ in ‘when young, circuses appeal to all of us’
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dangling participle in CommonParlance
- definition a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., ‘flying across the country’ in ‘flying across the country the Rockies came into view’
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danish in CommonParlance
- definition light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese
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danish pastry in CommonParlance
- definition light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese
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dank in CommonParlance
- definition of high quality especially of marijuana
- definition unpleasantly cool and humid
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dankness in CommonParlance
- definition unpleasant wetness
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danse du ventre in CommonParlance
- definition a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen
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danse macabre in CommonParlance
- definition a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
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danseur in CommonParlance
- definition a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
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danseur noble in CommonParlance
- definition a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
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danseuse in CommonParlance
- definition a female ballet dancer