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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degage in CommonParlance
- definition free and relaxed in manner
- definition showing lack of emotional involvement
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degas in CommonParlance
- definition remove gas from
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degauss in CommonParlance
- definition make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
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degaussing in CommonParlance
- definition the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field
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degeneracy in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- definition moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
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degenerate in CommonParlance
- definition unrestrained by convention or morality
- definition a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- definition grow progressively worse
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degeneration in CommonParlance
- definition the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality
- definition the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
- definition passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form
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degenerative in CommonParlance
- definition (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
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degenerative arthritis in CommonParlance
- definition chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
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degenerative disorder in CommonParlance
- definition condition leading to progressive loss of function
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degenerative joint disease in CommonParlance
- definition chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
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deglaze in CommonParlance
- definition dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring
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deglutition in CommonParlance
- definition the act of swallowing
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deglycerolise in CommonParlance
- definition remove from glycerol
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deglycerolize in CommonParlance
- definition remove from glycerol
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degradation in CommonParlance
- definition changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
- definition a low or downcast state
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degrade in CommonParlance
- definition reduce the level of land, as by erosion
- definition reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- definition lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
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degraded in CommonParlance
- definition unrestrained by convention or morality
- definition lowered in value
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degrader in CommonParlance
- definition a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
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degrading in CommonParlance
- definition harmful to the mind or morals
- definition used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
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degras in CommonParlance
- definition a semisolid emulsion produced by the treatment of certain skins with oxidized fish oil, which extracts their soluble albuminoids.
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degrease in CommonParlance
- definition remove grease or oil from (a pan)
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degreaser in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical substance that dissolves water-insoluble substances, such as greases and oils.
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degree in CommonParlance
- definition a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- definition a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- definition an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
- definition a measure for arcs and angles
- definition the highest power of a term or variable
- definition a unit of temperature on a specified scale
- definition the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
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degree Celsius in CommonParlance
- definition a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature