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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amebic dysentery in CommonParlance
- definition inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea
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amebiosis in CommonParlance
- definition infection by a disease-causing ameba
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ameboid in CommonParlance
- definition like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
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amebous in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or resembling amoebae
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ameer in CommonParlance
- definition an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)
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amelia in CommonParlance
- definition congenital absence of an arm or leg
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ameliorate in CommonParlance
- definition to make better
- definition get better
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ameliorating in CommonParlance
- definition tending to ameliorate
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amelioration in CommonParlance
- definition the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
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ameliorative in CommonParlance
- definition tending to ameliorate
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amelioratory in CommonParlance
- definition tending to ameliorate
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ameloblast in CommonParlance
- definition a cell from which tooth enamel develops
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amelogenesis in CommonParlance
- definition the developmental process of forming tooth enamel
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amen cadence in CommonParlance
- definition a cadence (frequently ending church music) in which the chord of the subdominant precedes the chord of the tonic
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amen corner in CommonParlance
- definition area reserved for persons leading the responsive ‘amens’
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amenability in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of being cooperative
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amenable in CommonParlance
- definition disposed or willing to conform
- definition responsive to suggestions and influences
- definition open to being acted upon in a certain way
- definition liable to answer to a higher authority
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amenableness in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of being cooperative
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amend in CommonParlance
- definition make amendments to
- definition to make better
- definition set straight or right
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amendable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being corrected by additions
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amendatory in CommonParlance
- definition effecting amendment
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amended in CommonParlance
- definition of legislation
- definition modified for the better
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amended return in CommonParlance
- definition a tax return that corrects the information in an earlier return
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amendment in CommonParlance
- definition the act of amending or correcting
- definition a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
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amends in CommonParlance
- definition a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
- definition something done or paid in expiation of a wrong