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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degree Fahrenheit in CommonParlance
- definition a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
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degree centigrade in CommonParlance
- definition a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
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degree day in CommonParlance
- definition the day on which university degrees are conferred
- definition a unit used in estimating fuel requirements for heating a building
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degree of a polynomial in CommonParlance
- definition the degree of the term in the polynomial that has the highest degree
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degree of a term in CommonParlance
- definition the sum of the exponents of the variables in the term
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degree of freedom in CommonParlance
- definition (statistics) an unrestricted variable in a frequency distribution
- definition one of the minimum number of parameters needed to describe the state of a physical system
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degree program in CommonParlance
- definition a course of study leading to an academic degree
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degressive in CommonParlance
- definition going down by steps
- definition (of taxes) gradually decreasing in rate on sums below a certain amount
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degressive tax in CommonParlance
- definition any tax in which the rate decreases as the amount subject to taxation increases
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degust in CommonParlance
- definition taste with relish
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degustation in CommonParlance
- definition taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality
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dehisce in CommonParlance
- definition burst or split open
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dehiscence in CommonParlance
- definition (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
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dehiscent in CommonParlance
- definition (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
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dehorn in CommonParlance
- definition prevent the growth of horns of certain animals
- definition take the horns off (an animal)
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dehumanisation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
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dehumanise in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of human qualities
- definition make mechanical or routine
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dehumanised in CommonParlance
- definition divested of human qualities or attributes
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dehumanization in CommonParlance
- definition the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities
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dehumanize in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of human qualities
- definition make mechanical or routine
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dehumanized in CommonParlance
- definition divested of human qualities or attributes
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dehumidifier in CommonParlance
- definition an appliance to extract moisture from the air and make the environment more comfortable
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dehumidify in CommonParlance
- definition make less humid
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dehydrate in CommonParlance
- definition preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- definition remove water from
- definition lose water or moisture
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dehydrated in CommonParlance
- definition suffering from excessive loss of water from the body
- definition preserved by removing natural moisture