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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deservingness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
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desex in CommonParlance
- definition make infertile
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desexualise in CommonParlance
- definition direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- definition make infertile
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desexualize in CommonParlance
- definition direct one's libidinous urges into another direction
- definition make infertile
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deshabille in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being carelessly or partially dressed
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desiccant in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
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desiccate in CommonParlance
- definition lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
- definition preserve by removing all water and liquids from
- definition remove water from
- definition lose water or moisture
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desiccated in CommonParlance
- definition thoroughly dried out
- definition preserved by removing natural moisture
- definition lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
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desiccation in CommonParlance
- definition dryness resulting from the removal of water
- definition the process of extracting moisture
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desideratum in CommonParlance
- definition something desired as a necessity
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design in CommonParlance
- definition the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
- definition an arrangement scheme
- definition something intended as a guide for making something else
- definition a decorative or artistic work
- definition an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
- definition a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something
- definition the creation of something in the mind
- definition make or work out a plan for; devise
- definition plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect
- definition create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
- definition create designs
- definition conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
- definition intend or have as a purpose
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design criteria in CommonParlance
- definition criteria that designers should meet in designing some system or device
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designate in CommonParlance
- definition appointed but not yet installed in office
- definition assign a name or title to
- definition give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- definition indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- definition decree or designate beforehand
- definition design or destine
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designated driver in CommonParlance
- definition the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home
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designated hitter in CommonParlance
- definition a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher
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designation in CommonParlance
- definition identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- definition the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
- definition the act of designating or identifying something
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designative in CommonParlance
- definition serving to designate
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designatum in CommonParlance
- definition something (whether existing or not) that is referred to by a linguistic expression
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designed in CommonParlance
- definition done or made or performed with purpose and intent
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designedly in CommonParlance
- definition with intention; in an intentional manner
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designer in CommonParlance
- definition a person who specializes in interior design
- definition someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
- definition someone who specializes in graphic design
- definition a person who devises plots or intrigues
- definition someone who designs clothing
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designer drug in CommonParlance
- definition a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs
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designing in CommonParlance
- definition concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
- definition the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
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desipramine in CommonParlance
- definition a tricyclic antidepressant drug that activates the psychomotor system
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desirability in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being worthy of desiring
- definition attractiveness to the opposite sex