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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depressive disorder in CommonParlance
- definition a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention
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depressor in CommonParlance
- definition any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
- definition any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
- definition a device used by physician to press a part down or aside
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depressor muscle in CommonParlance
- definition any skeletal muscle that draws a body part down
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depressor nerve in CommonParlance
- definition any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves
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depressurise in CommonParlance
- definition decrease the pressure of
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depressurize in CommonParlance
- definition decrease the pressure of
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deprivation in CommonParlance
- definition a state of extreme poverty
- definition the disadvantage that results from losing something
- definition act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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deprive in CommonParlance
- definition take away possessions from someone
- definition keep from having, keeping, or obtaining
- definition become poorer
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deprived in CommonParlance
- definition marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
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depth in CommonParlance
- definition the extent downward or backward or inward
- definition degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
- definition (usually plural) a low moral state
- definition the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
- definition the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense
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depth bomb in CommonParlance
- definition a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device
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depth charge in CommonParlance
- definition a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water; antisubmarine device
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depth charge thrower in CommonParlance
- definition A weapon which launches anti-submarine depth charges.
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depth finder in CommonParlance
- definition navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar)
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depth gage in CommonParlance
- definition a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
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depth gauge in CommonParlance
- definition a gauge for measuring the depth of grooves or holes or other concavities
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depth psychology in CommonParlance
- definition a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
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depths in CommonParlance
- definition (plural) the deepest and most remote part
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deputation in CommonParlance
- definition a group of representatives or delegates
- definition authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
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depute in CommonParlance
- definition transfer power to someone
- definition appoint as a substitute
- definition give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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deputise in CommonParlance
- definition act as a substitute
- definition appoint as a substitute
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deputize in CommonParlance
- definition act as a substitute
- definition appoint as a substitute
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deputy in CommonParlance
- definition someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- definition an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
- definition a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- definition a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
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deputy sheriff in CommonParlance
- definition someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
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deracinate in CommonParlance
- definition move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment
- definition pull up by or as if by the roots