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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das in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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dash in CommonParlance
- definition distinctive and stylish elegance
- definition a quick run
- definition a footrace run at top speed
- definition a punctuation mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- definition the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- definition the act of moving with great haste
- definition run or move very quickly or hastily
- definition break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- definition hurl or thrust violently
- definition destroy or break
- definition cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- definition add an enlivening or altering element to
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dash down in CommonParlance
- definition write down hastily
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dash off in CommonParlance
- definition write quickly
- definition write down hastily
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dash-pot in CommonParlance
- definition a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid
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dashboard in CommonParlance
- definition protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.
- definition instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls
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dashcam in CommonParlance
- definition A camera filming from the dashboard of a car
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dashed in CommonParlance
- definition having gaps or spaces
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dasheen in CommonParlance
- definition edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
- definition herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
- definition tropical starchy tuberous root
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dashiki in CommonParlance
- definition a loose and brightly colored African shirt
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dashing in CommonParlance
- definition lively and spirited
- definition marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
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dashing hopes in CommonParlance
- definition an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
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dashingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a highly fashionable manner
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dassie in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
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dastard in CommonParlance
- definition despicably cowardly
- definition a despicable coward
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dastardliness in CommonParlance
- definition despicable cowardice
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dastardly in CommonParlance
- definition despicably cowardly
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dasymeter in CommonParlance
- definition densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density
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dasyure in CommonParlance
- definition any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens
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dasyurid in CommonParlance
- definition small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
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dasyurid marsupial in CommonParlance
- definition small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
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data in CommonParlance
- definition a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
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data communication in CommonParlance
- definition electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)
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data conversion in CommonParlance
- definition conversion from one way of encoding data to another way
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data converter in CommonParlance
- definition converter for changing information from one code to another