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
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Terms in this context
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deprecate in CommonParlance
- definition express strong disapproval of; deplore
- definition belittle
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deprecating in CommonParlance
- definition tending to diminish or disparage
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deprecatio in CommonParlance
- definition a praying against evil, against others, or oneself; a prayer for the removal of some evil.
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deprecation in CommonParlance
- definition a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
- definition the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
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deprecative in CommonParlance
- definition tending to diminish or disparage
- definition given to expressing disapproval
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deprecatively in CommonParlance
- definition in a deprecative manner
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deprecatory in CommonParlance
- definition tending to diminish or disparage
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depreciate in CommonParlance
- definition belittle
- definition lower the value of something
- definition lose in value
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depreciating in CommonParlance
- definition tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
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depreciation in CommonParlance
- definition a decrease in price or value
- definition decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
- definition a communication that belittles somebody or something
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depreciation allowance in CommonParlance
- definition an allowance for loss due to depreciation
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depreciation charge in CommonParlance
- definition an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property
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depreciation rate in CommonParlance
- definition the rate at which the value of property is reduced; used to calculate tax deduction
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depreciative in CommonParlance
- definition tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
- definition tending to diminish or disparage
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depreciator in CommonParlance
- definition one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
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depreciatory in CommonParlance
- definition tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
- definition tending to diminish or disparage
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depredation in CommonParlance
- definition an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
- definition (usually plural) a destructive action
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depress in CommonParlance
- definition lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- definition lower (prices or markets)
- definition cause to drop or sink
- definition press down
- definition lessen the activity or force of
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depressant in CommonParlance
- definition capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
- definition a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
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depressed in CommonParlance
- definition lower than previously
- definition flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces
- definition filled with melancholy and despondency
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depressed fracture in CommonParlance
- definition fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in
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depressing in CommonParlance
- definition causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
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depressingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a depressing manner or to a depressing degree
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depression in CommonParlance
- definition a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- definition a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- definition a sunken or depressed geological formation
- definition sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- definition an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- definition a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
- definition a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
- definition angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- definition pushing down
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depressive in CommonParlance
- definition someone suffering psychological depression