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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dean in CommonParlance
- definition an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
- definition a man who is the senior member of a group
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals
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deanery in CommonParlance
- definition the official residence of a dean
- definition the position or office of a dean
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deanship in CommonParlance
- definition the position or office of a dean
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dear in CommonParlance
- definition dearly loved
- definition with or in a close or intimate relationship
- definition sincerely earnest
- definition having a high price
- definition a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- definition a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- definition with affection
- definition at a great cost
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dearest in CommonParlance
- definition a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
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dearie in CommonParlance
- definition a special loved one
- definition a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
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dearly in CommonParlance
- definition in a sincere and heartfelt manner
- definition at a great cost
- definition with affection
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dearly-won in CommonParlance
- definition entailing great loss or sacrifice
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dearness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality possessed by something with a great price or value
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dearth in CommonParlance
- definition an acute insufficiency
- definition an insufficient quantity or number
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deary in CommonParlance
- definition a special loved one
- definition a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
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death in CommonParlance
- definition the event of dying or departure from life
- definition the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- definition the absence of life or state of being dead
- definition the time when something ends
- definition the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- definition a final state
- definition the act of killing
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death adder in CommonParlance
- definition venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
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death angel in CommonParlance
- definition extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
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death bell in CommonParlance
- definition a bell rung to announce a death
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death benefit in CommonParlance
- definition insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased
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death camas in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous
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death camp in CommonParlance
- definition a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed
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death cap in CommonParlance
- definition extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
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death chair in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
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death chamber in CommonParlance
- definition instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals
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death cup in CommonParlance
- definition extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
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death duty in CommonParlance
- definition a tax on the estate of the deceased person
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death house in CommonParlance
- definition the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
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death instinct in CommonParlance
- definition (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die