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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dedicate in CommonParlance
- definition give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- definition open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
- definition inscribe or address by way of compliment
- definition set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
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dedicated in CommonParlance
- definition devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
- definition solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose
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dedicated file server in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a file server that can be used only as a file server
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dedication in CommonParlance
- definition complete and wholehearted fidelity
- definition a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose
- definition a message that makes a pledge
- definition a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- definition the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action
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dedifferentiate in CommonParlance
- definition lose specialization in form or function
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dedifferentiated in CommonParlance
- definition having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function
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dedifferentiation in CommonParlance
- definition the loss of specialization in form or function
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deduce in CommonParlance
- definition reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- definition conclude by reasoning; in logic
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deducible in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being deduced
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deduct in CommonParlance
- definition make a subtraction
- definition retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
- definition reason by deduction; establish by deduction
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deductible in CommonParlance
- definition acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)
- definition (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)
- definition a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount
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deduction in CommonParlance
- definition a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket
- definition an amount or percentage deducted
- definition something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- definition reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
- definition the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)
- definition the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise
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deductive in CommonParlance
- definition relating to logical deduction
- definition involving inferences from general principles
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deductive reasoning in CommonParlance
- definition reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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deed in CommonParlance
- definition a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
- definition something that people do or cause to happen
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deed of conveyance in CommonParlance
- definition a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
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deed of trust in CommonParlance
- definition a written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note
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deed over in CommonParlance
- definition transfer by deed
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deed poll in CommonParlance
- definition a deed made and executed by only one party
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deedbox in CommonParlance
- definition a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
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deeds in CommonParlance
- definition performance of moral or religious acts
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deem in CommonParlance
- definition keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
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deep in CommonParlance
- definition relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
- definition marked by depth of thinking
- definition having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
- definition very distant in time or space
- definition intense or extreme
- definition having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
- definition strong; intense
- definition relatively thick from top to bottom
- definition extending relatively far inward
- definition (of darkness) densely dark
- definition large in quantity or size
- definition with head or back bent low
- definition of an obscure nature
- definition difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- definition exhibiting great cunning usually with secrecy
- definition the central and most intense or profound part
- definition a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
- definition literary term for an ocean
- definition to a great depth; far down or in
- definition to an advanced time
- definition to a great distance
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deep brown in CommonParlance
- definition a medium brown to dark-brown color
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deep cervical vein in CommonParlance
- definition a vein that accompanies an artery of the same name