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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alcoholic beverage in CommonParlance
- definition a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
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alcoholic dementia in CommonParlance
- definition dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
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alcoholic drink in CommonParlance
- definition a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent
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alcoholise in CommonParlance
- definition treat or infuse with alcohol
- definition make alcoholic, as by fermenting
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alcoholism in CommonParlance
- definition habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
- definition an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
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alcoholism abuse in CommonParlance
- definition excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic drinks
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alcoholize in CommonParlance
- definition subject to the influence of alcohol
- definition treat or infuse with alcohol
- definition make alcoholic, as by fermenting
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alcove in CommonParlance
- definition a small recess opening off a larger room
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aldehyde in CommonParlance
- definition any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
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aldehyde group in CommonParlance
- definition the chemical group -CHO
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aldehyde radical in CommonParlance
- definition the chemical group -CHO
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aldehyde-alcohol in CommonParlance
- definition an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)
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aldehydic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to or containing aldehydes
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alder in CommonParlance
- definition wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc
- definition north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
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alder blight in CommonParlance
- definition a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse)
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alder buckthorn in CommonParlance
- definition small tree common in Europe
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alder dogwood in CommonParlance
- definition small tree common in Europe
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alder fly in CommonParlance
- definition dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
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alder tree in CommonParlance
- definition north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
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alder-leaved serviceberry in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
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alderfly in CommonParlance
- definition dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae
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alderleaf Juneberry in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
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alderman in CommonParlance
- definition a male member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
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aldermanic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or like an alderman
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aldermanly in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or like an alderman