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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affirmative pleading in CommonParlance
- definition any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
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affirmatively in CommonParlance
- definition in an affirmative manner
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affirmativeness in CommonParlance
- definition the agreeable quality of one who assents
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affirmatory in CommonParlance
- definition affirming or giving assent
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affirmer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who claims to speak the truth
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affix in CommonParlance
- definition a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
- definition stick or fasten to
- definition add to the very end
- definition attach or become attached to a stem word
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affixal in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to a linguistic affix
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affixation in CommonParlance
- definition the result of adding an affix to a root word
- definition formation of a word by means of an affix
- definition the act of attaching or affixing something
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affixed in CommonParlance
- definition firmly attached
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affixial in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to a linguistic affix
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afflatus in CommonParlance
- definition a strong creative impulse; divine inspiration
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afflict in CommonParlance
- definition cause great unhappiness for; distress
- definition cause physical pain or suffering in
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afflicted in CommonParlance
- definition grievously affected especially by disease
- definition mentally or physically unfit
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affliction in CommonParlance
- definition a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity
- definition a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health
- definition a cause of great suffering and distress
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afflictive in CommonParlance
- definition causing misery or pain or distress
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affluence in CommonParlance
- definition abundant wealth
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affluent in CommonParlance
- definition having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- definition an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
- definition a branch that flows into the main stream
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affluenza in CommonParlance
- definition an inability to understand the consequences of one's actions because of financial privilege
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afford in CommonParlance
- definition be able to spare or give up
- definition be the cause or source of
- definition have the financial means to do something or buy something
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affordable in CommonParlance
- definition that you have the financial means for
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afforest in CommonParlance
- definition establish a forest on previously unforested land
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afforestation in CommonParlance
- definition the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)
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affranchise in CommonParlance
- definition grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude
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affray in CommonParlance
- definition noisy quarrel
- definition a noisy fight
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affricate in CommonParlance
- definition a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’)