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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Aesop's fables in CommonParlance
- definition a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop
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Aether in CommonParlance
- definition personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness
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Aethusa cynapium in CommonParlance
- definition European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten
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Aetobatus narinari in CommonParlance
- definition ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas
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Afghan in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
- definition a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
- definition tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
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Afghan hound in CommonParlance
- definition tall graceful breed of hound with a long silky coat; native to the Near East
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Afghan language in CommonParlance
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Afghan monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit in the Islamic State of Afghanistan
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Afghani in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Afghani language in CommonParlance
- definition an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan and Pakistan; the official language of Afghanistan
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Afghanistani in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Afghanistan or its people
- definition a native or inhabitant of Afghanistan
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Aflaxen in CommonParlance
- definition a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
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Aframomum melegueta in CommonParlance
- definition West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds
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Afrasian in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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Afrasian language in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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African in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples
- definition a native or inhabitant of Africa
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African American in CommonParlance
- definition an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
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African American English in CommonParlance
- definition a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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African American Vernacular English in CommonParlance
- definition a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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African bowstring hemp in CommonParlance
- definition bowstring hemp of South Africa
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African chameleon in CommonParlance
- definition a chameleon found in Africa
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African clawed frog in CommonParlance
- definition a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
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African coral snake in CommonParlance
- definition small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
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African country in CommonParlance
- definition any one of the countries occupying the African continent
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African crocodile in CommonParlance
- definition a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa