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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demise in CommonParlance
- definition the time when something ends
- definition transfer by a lease or by a will
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demisemiquaver in CommonParlance
- definition a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note
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demist in CommonParlance
- definition free from mist
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demister in CommonParlance
- definition heater that removes mist from the windshield of a car
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demitasse in CommonParlance
- definition small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream
- definition small coffee cup; for serving black coffee
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demiurge in CommonParlance
- definition a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
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demo in CommonParlance
- definition a visual presentation showing how something works
- definition give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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demob in CommonParlance
- definition retire from military service
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demobilisation in CommonParlance
- definition act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
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demobilise in CommonParlance
- definition release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- definition retire from military service
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demobilization in CommonParlance
- definition act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
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demobilize in CommonParlance
- definition release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- definition retire from military service
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democracy in CommonParlance
- definition the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
- definition a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- definition the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
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democrat in CommonParlance
- definition an advocate of democratic principles
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democratic in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality
- definition representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
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democratically in CommonParlance
- definition in a democratic manner; based on democratic principles
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democratisation in CommonParlance
- definition the action of making something democratic
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democratise in CommonParlance
- definition become (more) democratic; of nations
- definition introduce democratic reforms; of nations
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democratism in CommonParlance
- definition the theory, system, or principles of democracy.
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democratization in CommonParlance
- definition the action of making something democratic
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democratize in CommonParlance
- definition become (more) democratic; of nations
- definition introduce democratic reforms; of nations
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demode in CommonParlance
- definition out of fashion
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demodulate in CommonParlance
- definition extract information from a modulated carrier wave
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demodulation in CommonParlance
- definition (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
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demodulator in CommonParlance
- definition rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave