CommonParlance
Seed
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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dictatorial in CommonParlance
- definition of or characteristic of a dictator
- definition expecting unquestioning obedience
- definition characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
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dictatorially in CommonParlance
- definition in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
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dictatorship in CommonParlance
- definition a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
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diction in CommonParlance
- definition the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
- definition the manner in which something is expressed in words
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dictionary in CommonParlance
- definition a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
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dictionary definition in CommonParlance
- definition a definition that reports the standard uses of a word or phrase or symbol
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dictionary entry in CommonParlance
- definition the entry in a dictionary of information about a word
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dictostylium in CommonParlance
- definition any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium
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dictum in CommonParlance
- definition an authoritative declaration
- definition an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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dictyopteran in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or belonging to the order Dictyoptera
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dictyopterous insect in CommonParlance
- definition cockroaches and mantids
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dictyosome in CommonParlance
- definition a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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dictyostelium in CommonParlance
- definition any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium
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dicumarol in CommonParlance
- definition an anticoagulant drug that has now been largely replaced by warfarin
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dicynodont in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of therapsid
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didactic in CommonParlance
- definition instructive (especially excessively)
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didactical in CommonParlance
- definition instructive (especially excessively)
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didactically in CommonParlance
- definition in a didactic manner
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didacticism in CommonParlance
- definition communication that is suitable for or intended to be instructive
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didactics in CommonParlance
- definition the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
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didanosine in CommonParlance
- definition an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor
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didder in CommonParlance
- definition move with or as if with a tremor
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diddle in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of by deceit
- definition manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
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diddley in CommonParlance
- definition a small worthless amount
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diddly in CommonParlance
- definition a small worthless amount