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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detailed in CommonParlance
- definition developed or executed with care and in minute detail
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detailing in CommonParlance
- definition an individualized description of a particular instance
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details in CommonParlance
- definition true confidential information
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detain in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- definition stop or halt
- definition cause to be slowed down or delayed
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detainee in CommonParlance
- definition some held in custody
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detainment in CommonParlance
- definition a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
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detect in CommonParlance
- definition discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
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detectability in CommonParlance
- definition The state of being noticeable.
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detectable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being detected
- definition easily seen or detected
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detected in CommonParlance
- definition perceived or discerned
- definition perceived with the mind
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detecting in CommonParlance
- definition a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
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detection in CommonParlance
- definition the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
- definition the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
- definition the detection that a signal is being received
- definition a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
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detective in CommonParlance
- definition a police officer who investigates crimes
- definition an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
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detective agency in CommonParlance
- definition an agency that makes inquiries for its clients
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detective novel in CommonParlance
- definition novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end
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detective story in CommonParlance
- definition a narrative about someone who investigates crimes and obtains evidence leading to their resolution
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detective work in CommonParlance
- definition a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
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detector in CommonParlance
- definition any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- definition rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
- definition electronic equipment that detects the presence of radio signals or radioactivity
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detent in CommonParlance
- definition a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
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detente in CommonParlance
- definition the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially between nations)
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detention in CommonParlance
- definition a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- definition a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home
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detention basin in CommonParlance
- definition a storage site (such as a small reservoir) that delays the flow of water downstream
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detention camp in CommonParlance
- definition an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
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detention cell in CommonParlance
- definition a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
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detention centre in CommonParlance
- definition a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily