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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definitely in CommonParlance
- definition without question and beyond doubt
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definiteness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being predictable with great confidence
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definition in CommonParlance
- definition a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
- definition clarity of outline
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definitive in CommonParlance
- definition clearly defined or formulated
- definition of recognized authority or excellence
- definition supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
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definitive host in CommonParlance
- definition the host in which the sexual reproduction of a parasite takes place
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definitors in CommonParlance
- definition council in a religious order who provide counsel and assistance to the superiors general and provincial superior of their order.
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deflagrate in CommonParlance
- definition cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity
- definition burn with great heat and intense light
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deflagration in CommonParlance
- definition combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
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deflate in CommonParlance
- definition collapse by releasing contained air or gas
- definition release contained air or gas from
- definition reduce or lessen the size or importance of
- definition produce deflation in
- definition reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices
- definition become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air
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deflated in CommonParlance
- definition brought low in spirit
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deflation in CommonParlance
- definition (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind
- definition a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
- definition the act of letting the air out of something
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deflationary in CommonParlance
- definition associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money
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deflationary spiral in CommonParlance
- definition an episode of deflation in which prices and wages decrease at an increasing rate and currency gains in value
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deflator in CommonParlance
- definition a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
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deflect in CommonParlance
- definition prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- definition turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- definition turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
- definition draw someone's attention away from something
- definition impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
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deflection in CommonParlance
- definition a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
- definition the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- definition the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
- definition the property of being bent or deflected
- definition a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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deflective in CommonParlance
- definition capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)
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deflector in CommonParlance
- definition a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc.)
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deflexion in CommonParlance
- definition the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
- definition the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
- definition the property of being bent or deflected
- definition a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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defloration in CommonParlance
- definition an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
- definition the act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse)
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deflower in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of virginity
- definition make imperfect
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defog in CommonParlance
- definition free from mist
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defoliant in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical that is sprayed on plants and causes their leaves to fall off
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defoliate in CommonParlance
- definition deprived of leaves
- definition strip the leaves or branches from
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defoliated in CommonParlance
- definition deprived of leaves