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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desorption in CommonParlance
- definition changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
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desoxyribonucleic acid in CommonParlance
- definition (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information
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despair in CommonParlance
- definition a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- definition the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
- definition abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart
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despairing in CommonParlance
- definition arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
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despairingly in CommonParlance
- definition with desperation
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despatch in CommonParlance
- definition an official report (usually sent in haste)
- definition the property of being prompt and efficient
- definition killing a person or animal
- definition the act of sending off something
- definition send away towards a designated goal
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desperado in CommonParlance
- definition a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
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desperate in CommonParlance
- definition arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- definition desperately determined
- definition (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- definition showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
- definition showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- definition fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- definition a person who is frightened and in need of help
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desperate criminal in CommonParlance
- definition a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
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desperate measure in CommonParlance
- definition desperate actions taken as a means to an end
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desperate straits in CommonParlance
- definition a state of extreme distress
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desperately in CommonParlance
- definition with great urgency
- definition in intense despair
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desperation in CommonParlance
- definition a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- definition desperate recklessness
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despicability in CommonParlance
- definition unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
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despicable in CommonParlance
- definition morally reprehensible
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despicableness in CommonParlance
- definition unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
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despicably in CommonParlance
- definition in a despicable manner
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despisal in CommonParlance
- definition a feeling of scornful hatred
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despise in CommonParlance
- definition look down on with disdain
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despised in CommonParlance
- definition treated with dislike or contempt
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despising in CommonParlance
- definition a feeling of scornful hatred
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despite in CommonParlance
- definition lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- definition contemptuous disregard
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despiteful in CommonParlance
- definition showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt; motivated by spite
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despitefully in CommonParlance
- definition in a maliciously spiteful manner
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despoil in CommonParlance
- definition steal goods; take as spoils
- definition destroy and strip of its possession