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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desirable in CommonParlance
- definition worth having or seeking or achieving
- definition worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse
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desirableness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being worthy of desiring
- definition attractiveness to the opposite sex
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desire in CommonParlance
- definition the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
- definition an inclination to want things
- definition something that is desired
- definition feel or have a desire for; want strongly
- definition expect and wish
- definition express a desire for
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desire to know in CommonParlance
- definition curiosity that motivates investigation and study
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desired in CommonParlance
- definition wanted intensely
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desirous in CommonParlance
- definition having or expressing desire for something
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desist in CommonParlance
- definition choose not to consume
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desk in CommonParlance
- definition a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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desk clerk in CommonParlance
- definition a hotel receptionist
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desk dictionary in CommonParlance
- definition an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand
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desk officer in CommonParlance
- definition a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
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desk phone in CommonParlance
- definition a telephone set that sits on a desk or table
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desk sergeant in CommonParlance
- definition the police sergeant on duty in a police station
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desk-bound in CommonParlance
- definition restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
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deskbound in CommonParlance
- definition restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
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deskman in CommonParlance
- definition a male desk sergeant
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desktop in CommonParlance
- definition the top of a desk
- definition (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
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desktop computer in CommonParlance
- definition a personal computer small enough to fit conveniently in an individual workspace
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desktop publishing in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials
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deskwoman in CommonParlance
- definition a female desk sergeant
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desmid in CommonParlance
- definition freshwater green algae
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desolate in CommonParlance
- definition providing no shelter or sustenance
- definition crushed by grief
- definition leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- definition reduce in population
- definition cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
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desolately in CommonParlance
- definition in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
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desolation in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being decayed or destroyed
- definition a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- definition sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- definition an event that results in total destruction
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desorb in CommonParlance
- definition go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
- definition remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed