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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deer trail in CommonParlance
- definition a trail worn by the passage of deer
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deer's-ear in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
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deer's-ears in CommonParlance
- definition any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
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deerberry in CommonParlance
- definition small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer
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deerhound in CommonParlance
- definition very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland
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deerskin in CommonParlance
- definition leather from the hide of a deer
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deerstalker in CommonParlance
- definition a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters
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deerstalking in CommonParlance
- definition stalking deer
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deface in CommonParlance
- definition mar or spoil the appearance of
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defacement in CommonParlance
- definition the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
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defalcate in CommonParlance
- definition appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
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defalcation in CommonParlance
- definition the sum of money that is misappropriated
- definition the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
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defalcator in CommonParlance
- definition someone who violates a trust by taking (money) for their own use
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defamation in CommonParlance
- definition a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
- definition an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
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defamatory in CommonParlance
- definition (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign
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defame in CommonParlance
- definition charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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defamer in CommonParlance
- definition one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel
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defang in CommonParlance
- definition remove the fangs from
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defat in CommonParlance
- definition remove the fat from
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default in CommonParlance
- definition loss due to not showing up
- definition act of failing to meet a financial obligation
- definition loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
- definition an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
- definition fail to pay up
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default judgement in CommonParlance
- definition a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
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default judgment in CommonParlance
- definition a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
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default on in CommonParlance
- definition fail to pay up
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default option in CommonParlance
- definition an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified
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defaulter in CommonParlance
- definition someone who fails to make a required appearance in court
- definition someone who fails to meet a financial obligation
- definition a contestant who forfeits a match