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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denim in CommonParlance
- definition (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
- definition a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
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denitrator in CommonParlance
- definition Any device used to remove nitrates or other nitrogen compounds, especially from water.
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denitrify in CommonParlance
- definition remove nitrogen from
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denivelation in CommonParlance
- definition the difference in level (depth) between two parts of a cave system, usually the highest and lowest known point.
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denizen in CommonParlance
- definition a person who inhabits a particular place
- definition a plant or animal naturalized in a region
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denominate in CommonParlance
- definition assign a name or title to
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denomination in CommonParlance
- definition a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- definition a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
- definition identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
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denominational in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of a particular religious denomination
- definition relating to the face value of a banknote, coin, or stamp
- definition adhering or confined to a particular sect or denomination
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denominationalism in CommonParlance
- definition a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination
- definition the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
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denominationally in CommonParlance
- definition with respect to denomination
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denominator in CommonParlance
- definition the divisor of a fraction
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denotation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of indicating or pointing out by name
- definition the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
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denotative in CommonParlance
- definition having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
- definition in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term
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denotatum in CommonParlance
- definition an actual object referred to by a linguistic expression
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denote in CommonParlance
- definition be a sign or indication of
- definition have as a meaning
- definition make known; make an announcement
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denotive in CommonParlance
- definition having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming
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denouement in CommonParlance
- definition the outcome of a complex sequence of events
- definition the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
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denounce in CommonParlance
- definition speak out against
- definition to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- definition announce the termination of, as of treaties
- definition give away information about somebody
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denouncement in CommonParlance
- definition a public act of denouncing
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dense in CommonParlance
- definition permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- definition hard to pass through because of dense growth
- definition having high relative density or specific gravity
- definition slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
- definition having component parts closely crowded together
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dense blazing star in CommonParlance
- definition perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers; often cultivated for cut flowers
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dense-leaved elodea in CommonParlance
- definition aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium; sometimes placed in genus Egeria
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densely in CommonParlance
- definition stupidly or insensitively
- definition in a concentrated manner
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denseness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being mentally slow and limited
- definition the spatial property of being crowded together
- definition the amount per unit size
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densification in CommonParlance
- definition an increase in the density of something