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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adjutant in CommonParlance
- definition an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
- definition large Indian stork with a military gait
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adjutant bird in CommonParlance
- definition large Indian stork with a military gait
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adjutant general in CommonParlance
- definition a general's adjutant; chief administrative officer
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adjutant stork in CommonParlance
- definition large Indian stork with a military gait
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adjuvant in CommonParlance
- definition furnishing added support
- definition enhancing the action of a medical treatment
- definition an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
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adman in CommonParlance
- definition someone whose business is advertising
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admass in CommonParlance
- definition the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
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admeasure in CommonParlance
- definition determine the quantity of someone's share
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administer in CommonParlance
- definition work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- definition perform (a church sacrament) ritually
- definition administer or bestow, as in small portions
- definition give or apply (medications)
- definition direct the taking of
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administered price in CommonParlance
- definition a price dictated by any entity other than market forces.
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administrable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being administered or managed
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administrate in CommonParlance
- definition work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
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administration in CommonParlance
- definition a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- definition the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- definition the act of administering medication
- definition the tenure of a president
- definition the act of governing; exercising authority
- definition the act of meting out justice according to the law
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administrative in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or responsible for administration
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administrative body in CommonParlance
- definition a unit with administrative responsibilities
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administrative data processing in CommonParlance
- definition data processing in accounting or business management
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administrative district in CommonParlance
- definition a district defined for administrative purposes
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administrative division in CommonParlance
- definition a district defined for administrative purposes
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administrative hearing in CommonParlance
- definition a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically for the purpose of conducting such hearings
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administrative law in CommonParlance
- definition the body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government
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administrative official in CommonParlance
- definition an official of a bureaucracy
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administrative unit in CommonParlance
- definition a unit with administrative responsibilities
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administratively in CommonParlance
- definition by or for an administrator
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administrator in CommonParlance
- definition someone who administers a business
- definition the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- definition someone who manages a government agency or department
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administrivia in CommonParlance
- definition the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization