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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aetiology in CommonParlance
- definition the cause of a disease
- definition the philosophical study of causation
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afar in CommonParlance
- definition (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far
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afeard in CommonParlance
- definition a pronunciation of afraid
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afeared in CommonParlance
- definition a pronunciation of afraid
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afebrile in CommonParlance
- definition having no fever
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affability in CommonParlance
- definition a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
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affable in CommonParlance
- definition diffusing warmth and friendliness
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affableness in CommonParlance
- definition a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)
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affably in CommonParlance
- definition in an affable manner
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affair in CommonParlance
- definition a vaguely specified concern
- definition a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- definition a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
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affaire in CommonParlance
- definition a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
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affaire d'honneur in CommonParlance
- definition a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
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affairs in CommonParlance
- definition matters of personal concern
- definition transactions of professional or public interest
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affect in CommonParlance
- definition the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion
- definition have an effect upon
- definition act physically on; have an effect upon
- definition connect closely and often incriminatingly
- definition make believe with the intent to deceive
- definition have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
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affectation in CommonParlance
- definition a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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affected in CommonParlance
- definition acted upon; influenced
- definition speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- definition being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
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affected role in CommonParlance
- definition the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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affectedly in CommonParlance
- definition in an affected manner
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affectedness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being false or artificial (as to impress others)
- definition a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
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affecting in CommonParlance
- definition arousing affect
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affectingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a poignant or touching manner
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affection in CommonParlance
- definition a positive feeling of liking
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affectional in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by emotion
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affectionate in CommonParlance
- definition having or displaying warmth or affection
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affectionately in CommonParlance
- definition with affection