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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allotropy in CommonParlance
- definition the phenomenon of an element existing in two or more physical forms
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allotted in CommonParlance
- definition given as a task
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allover in CommonParlance
- definition covering the entire surface
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allow in CommonParlance
- definition make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- definition consent to, give permission; permit
- definition let have
- definition give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- definition make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- definition allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
- definition afford possibility
- definition allow the other (baseball) team to score
- definition grant as a discount or in exchange
- definition allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
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allow for in CommonParlance
- definition make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
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allow in in CommonParlance
- definition allow to enter; grant entry to
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allowable in CommonParlance
- definition deductible according to the tax laws
- definition that may be permitted especially as according to rule
- definition deserving to be allowed or considered
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allowably in CommonParlance
- definition in a permissible manner
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allowance in CommonParlance
- definition an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- definition a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- definition an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- definition a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- definition a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- definition the act of allowing
- definition put on a fixed allowance, as of food
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allowance account in CommonParlance
- definition a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
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alloy in CommonParlance
- definition a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
- definition the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
- definition lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
- definition make an alloy of
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alloy cast iron in CommonParlance
- definition cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment
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alloy iron in CommonParlance
- definition cast iron containing alloying elements (usually nickel or chromium or copper or molybdenum) to increase the strength or facilitate heat treatment
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alloy steel in CommonParlance
- definition steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon
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alloyed in CommonParlance
- definition (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
- definition (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property
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allspice in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
- definition deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States
- definition ground dried berrylike fruit of a West Indian allspice tree; suggesting combined flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg and cloves
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allspice tree in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries
- definition aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries
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allude in CommonParlance
- definition make a more or less disguised reference to
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allure in CommonParlance
- definition the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- definition dispose or incline or entice to
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allurement in CommonParlance
- definition attractiveness
- definition the power to entice or attract through personal charm
- definition the act of enticing a person to do something wrong (as an offer of sex in return for money)
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alluring in CommonParlance
- definition highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
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allusion in CommonParlance
- definition passing reference or indirect mention
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allusive in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by indirect references
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allusiveness in CommonParlance
- definition a quality characterized by indirect reference
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alluvial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to alluvium