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.
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debt ratio in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of a company's total debt to its total assets.
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debtor in CommonParlance
- definition a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
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debug in CommonParlance
- definition locate and correct errors in a computer program code
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debugger in CommonParlance
- definition a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
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debunk in CommonParlance
- definition expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
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debunking in CommonParlance
- definition the exposure of falseness or pretensions
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debut in CommonParlance
- definition the act of beginning something new
- definition the presentation of a debutante in society
- definition present for the first time to the public
- definition appear for the first time in public
- definition make one's debut
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debutante in CommonParlance
- definition a young woman making her debut into society
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dec in CommonParlance
- definition (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere
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decade in CommonParlance
- definition a period of 10 years
- definition the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
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decadence in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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decadency in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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decadent in CommonParlance
- definition luxuriously self-indulgent
- definition marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay
- definition a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
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decaf in CommonParlance
- definition coffee with the caffeine removed
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decaffeinate in CommonParlance
- definition remove caffeine from (coffee)
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decaffeinated coffee in CommonParlance
- definition coffee with the caffeine removed
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decagon in CommonParlance
- definition a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
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decagram in CommonParlance
- definition 10 grams
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decahedron in CommonParlance
- definition any polyhedron having ten plane faces
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decal in CommonParlance
- definition either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
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decalcification in CommonParlance
- definition loss of calcium from bones or teeth
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decalcify in CommonParlance
- definition lose calcium or calcium compounds
- definition remove calcium or lime from
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decalcomania in CommonParlance
- definition either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
- definition the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface
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decalescence in CommonParlance
- definition phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal
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decalescent in CommonParlance
- definition absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point