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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adopter in CommonParlance
- definition a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
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adoption in CommonParlance
- definition the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- definition a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)
- definition the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source
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adoptive in CommonParlance
- definition of parents and children; related by adoption
- definition acquired as your own by free choice
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adoptive parent in CommonParlance
- definition a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
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adorability in CommonParlance
- definition extreme attractiveness
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adorable in CommonParlance
- definition lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
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adorableness in CommonParlance
- definition extreme attractiveness
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adorably in CommonParlance
- definition in an adorable manner
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adoration in CommonParlance
- definition a feeling of profound love and admiration
- definition the act of admiring strongly
- definition the worship given to God alone
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adore in CommonParlance
- definition love intensely
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adored in CommonParlance
- definition regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god)
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adorer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who admires a young woman
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adoring in CommonParlance
- definition showing adoration
- definition extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent
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adoringly in CommonParlance
- definition with adoration
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adorn in CommonParlance
- definition make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- definition be beautiful to look at
- definition furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
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adorned in CommonParlance
- definition provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
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adornment in CommonParlance
- definition a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
- definition the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting
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adoxography in CommonParlance
- definition fine writing in praise of trivial or base subjects
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adpressed in CommonParlance
- definition pressed close to or lying flat against something
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adrenal in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions
- definition near the kidneys
- definition either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
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adrenal cortex in CommonParlance
- definition the cortex of the adrenal gland; secretes corticosterone and sex hormones
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adrenal cortical steroid in CommonParlance
- definition a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex or synthesized; administered as drugs they reduce swelling and decrease the body's immune response
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adrenal gland in CommonParlance
- definition either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
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adrenal medulla in CommonParlance
- definition the medulla of the adrenal gland; secretes epinephrine
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adrenalectomy in CommonParlance
- definition surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands