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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deuterium in CommonParlance
- definition an isotope of hydrogen which has one neutron (as opposed to zero neutrons in hydrogen)
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deuterium oxide in CommonParlance
- definition water containing a substantial proportion of deuterium atoms, used in nuclear reactors
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deuteron in CommonParlance
- definition the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
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deutzia in CommonParlance
- definition any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters
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devaluate in CommonParlance
- definition remove the value from; deprive of its value
- definition lose in value
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devaluation in CommonParlance
- definition an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries
- definition the reduction of something's value or worth
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devalue in CommonParlance
- definition remove the value from; deprive of its value
- definition lower the value or quality of
- definition lose in value
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devalued in CommonParlance
- definition lowered in value
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devastate in CommonParlance
- definition cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- definition overwhelm or overpower
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devastating in CommonParlance
- definition making light of
- definition wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction
- definition physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination
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devastation in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being decayed or destroyed
- definition the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
- definition an event that results in total destruction
- definition plundering with excessive damage and destruction
- definition the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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devein in CommonParlance
- definition remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp)
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develop in CommonParlance
- definition make something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation
- definition work out
- definition gain through experience
- definition come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- definition come into existence; take on form or shape
- definition change the use of and make available or usable
- definition elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
- definition create by training and teaching
- definition be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest
- definition grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
- definition become technologically advanced
- definition cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development
- definition generate gradually
- definition grow emotionally or mature
- definition make visible by means of chemical solutions
- definition superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry
- definition move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions
- definition move into a strategically more advantageous position
- definition elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- definition happen
- definition expand in the form of a series
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developed in CommonParlance
- definition being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
- definition (used of societies) having high industrial development
- definition (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads
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developer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
- definition photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film
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developing in CommonParlance
- definition relating to societies in which capital needed to industrialize is in short supply
- definition processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
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developing country in CommonParlance
- definition a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically
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development in CommonParlance
- definition act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- definition a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- definition (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- definition a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- definition the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- definition a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- definition a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- definition processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- definition (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
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developmental in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or constituting development
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developmental age in CommonParlance
- definition a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms
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developmental anatomy in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of anatomy that studies structural changes of an individual from fertilization to maturity
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developmental learning in CommonParlance
- definition learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development
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developmental psychology in CommonParlance
- definition the branch of psychology that studies the social and mental development of children
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developmentally in CommonParlance
- definition with respect to development
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developmentally challenged in CommonParlance
- definition people collectively who are mentally retarded