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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altazimuth in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument that measures the altitude and azimuth of celestial bodies; used in navigation
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altcoin in CommonParlance
- definition an alternative cryptocurrency
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alter in CommonParlance
- definition cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- definition become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- definition make an alteration to
- definition insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- definition remove the ovaries of
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alter ego in CommonParlance
- definition a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
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alterability in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being alterable
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alterable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic
- definition (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe
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alteration in CommonParlance
- definition an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- definition the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
- definition the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
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alterative in CommonParlance
- definition tending to cure or restore to health
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altercate in CommonParlance
- definition have a disagreement over something
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altercation in CommonParlance
- definition noisy quarrel
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altered in CommonParlance
- definition changed in form or character without becoming something else
- definition having testicles or ovaries removed
- definition changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose
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altering in CommonParlance
- definition the sterilization of an animal
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alternate in CommonParlance
- definition every second one of a series
- definition serving or used in place of another
- definition occurring by turns; first one and then the other
- definition of leaves and branches etc.; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
- definition someone who takes the place of another person
- definition go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
- definition exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
- definition be an understudy or alternate for a role
- definition reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
- definition do something in turns
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alternately in CommonParlance
- definition in an alternating sequence or position
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alternating in CommonParlance
- definition (of a current) reversing direction
- definition occurring by turns; first one and then the other
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alternating current in CommonParlance
- definition an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
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alternating electric current in CommonParlance
- definition an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally
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alternation in CommonParlance
- definition successive change from one thing or state to another and back again
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alternation of generations in CommonParlance
- definition the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal
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alternative in CommonParlance
- definition serving or used in place of another
- definition necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
- definition pertaining to unconventional choices
- definition one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
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alternative birth in CommonParlance
- definition a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
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alternative birthing in CommonParlance
- definition a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings
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alternative energy in CommonParlance
- definition energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
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alternative medicine in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture
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alternative pleading in CommonParlance
- definition a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on