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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decolor in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decolorise in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decolorize in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decolour in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decolourise in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decolourize in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become white or lighter in color
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decommission in CommonParlance
- definition withdraw from active service
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decomposable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being partitioned
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decompose in CommonParlance
- definition separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- definition lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- definition break down
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decomposition in CommonParlance
- definition the analysis of a vector field
- definition in a decomposed state
- definition (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
- definition (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- definition the organic phenomenon of rotting
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decomposition reaction in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
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decompositional in CommonParlance
- definition causing organic decay
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decompound in CommonParlance
- definition of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound
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decompound leaf in CommonParlance
- definition a leaf having divisions that are themselves compound
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decompress in CommonParlance
- definition restore to its uncompressed form
- definition decrease the pressure of
- definition become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
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decompressing in CommonParlance
- definition relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
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decompression in CommonParlance
- definition restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
- definition relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
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decompression sickness in CommonParlance
- definition pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
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deconcentrate in CommonParlance
- definition make less central
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decongestant in CommonParlance
- definition a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion
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deconsecrate in CommonParlance
- definition remove the consecration from a person or an object
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deconsecrated in CommonParlance
- definition divested of consecration
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deconstruct in CommonParlance
- definition interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
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deconstruction in CommonParlance
- definition a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning
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deconstructionism in CommonParlance
- definition a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning