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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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deverbal noun in CommonParlance
- definition a noun that is derived from a verb
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deviance in CommonParlance
- definition a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- definition deviate behavior
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deviant in CommonParlance
- definition markedly different from an accepted norm
- definition a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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deviate in CommonParlance
- definition markedly different from an accepted norm
- definition a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
- definition turn aside; turn away from
- definition be at variance with; be out of line with
- definition cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
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deviated nasal septum in CommonParlance
- definition abnormal shift in location of the nasal septum; a common condition causing obstruction of the nasal passages and difficulty in breathing and recurrent nosebleeds
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deviated septum in CommonParlance
- definition abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity)
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deviation in CommonParlance
- definition a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
- definition the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
- definition the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
- definition deviate behavior
- definition a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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deviationism in CommonParlance
- definition ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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deviationist in CommonParlance
- definition an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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device in CommonParlance
- definition an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
- definition something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
- definition any clever maneuver
- definition any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- definition an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
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device characteristic in CommonParlance
- definition any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
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device driver in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device
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devices in CommonParlance
- definition an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase ‘left to your own devices’
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devil in CommonParlance
- definition an evil supernatural being
- definition a word used in exclamations of confusion
- definition a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
- definition a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- definition cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- definition coat or stuff with a spicy paste
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devil dog in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the United States Marine Corps
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devil grass in CommonParlance
- definition trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India
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devil lily in CommonParlance
- definition east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
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devil nettle in CommonParlance
- definition a stinging herb of tropical America
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devil ray in CommonParlance
- definition small manta (to 4 feet) that travels in schools
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devil tree in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally
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devil worshiper in CommonParlance
- definition someone who worships devils
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devil's advocate in CommonParlance
- definition someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
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devil's apples in CommonParlance
- definition a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers
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devil's cigar in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of Sarcosomataceae (Chorioactis geaster)
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devil's claw in CommonParlance
- definition annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak