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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aloneness in CommonParlance
- definition a disposition toward being alone
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along in CommonParlance
- definition with a forward motion
- definition in accompaniment or as a companion
- definition to a more advanced state
- definition in addition (usually followed by ‘with’)
- definition in line with a length or direction (often followed by ‘by’ or ‘beside’)
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alongside in CommonParlance
- definition side by side
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aloof in CommonParlance
- definition remote in manner
- definition in an aloof manner
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aloofness in CommonParlance
- definition indifference by personal withdrawal
- definition a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
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alopecia in CommonParlance
- definition loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers; in humans it can result from heredity or hormonal imbalance or certain diseases or drugs and treatments (chemotherapy for cancer)
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alopecia areata in CommonParlance
- definition patchy baldness
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alopecic in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to loss of hair or wool or feathers
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aloud in CommonParlance
- definition using the voice; not silently
- definition with relatively high volume
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alp in CommonParlance
- definition any high mountain
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alpaca in CommonParlance
- definition wool of the alpaca
- definition a thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos, or made of a rayon or cotton imitation of that wool
- definition domesticated llama with long silky fleece; believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco
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alpenstock in CommonParlance
- definition a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
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alpestrine in CommonParlance
- definition growing at high altitudes
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alpha in CommonParlance
- definition first in order of importance
- definition early testing stage of a software or hardware product
- definition the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- definition the beginning of a series or sequence
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alpha and omega in CommonParlance
- definition the first and last; signifies God's eternity
- definition the basic meaning of something; the crucial part
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alpha blocker in CommonParlance
- definition any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors; used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia; relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder
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alpha brass in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy of brass and zinc; used mainly for cold working
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alpha bronze in CommonParlance
- definition an alloy of copper and tin that can be worked
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alpha decay in CommonParlance
- definition radioactive decay of an atomic nucleus that is accompanied by the emission of an alpha particle
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alpha fetoprotein in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
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alpha foetoprotein in CommonParlance
- definition an abnormally large amount of this fetoprotein in the fetus can signal an abnormality of the neural tube (as spina bifida or anencephaly)
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alpha globulin in CommonParlance
- definition a globulin in blood plasma or serum that is alkaline and has great electrophoretic mobility
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alpha iron in CommonParlance
- definition a magnetic allotrope of iron; stable below 906 degrees centigrade
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alpha methyl dopa in CommonParlance
- definition antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure
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alpha particle in CommonParlance
- definition a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom; emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes