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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African-American in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
- definition a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today
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African-American music in CommonParlance
- definition music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
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Africander in CommonParlance
- definition tall large-horned humped cattle of South Africa; used for meat or draft
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Africanized bee in CommonParlance
- definition a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas
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Africanized honey bee in CommonParlance
- definition a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas
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Afrikaans in CommonParlance
- definition belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
- definition an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
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Afrikaans language in CommonParlance
- definition an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
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Afrikander in CommonParlance
- definition a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
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Afrikaner in CommonParlance
- definition belonging or relating to white people of South Africa whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language
- definition a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans
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Afro in CommonParlance
- definition a rounded thickly curled hairdo
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Afro hairdo in CommonParlance
- definition a rounded thickly curled hairdo
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Afro-American in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
- definition an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
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Afro-Asian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples
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Afro-Asiatic in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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Afro-wig in CommonParlance
- definition a wig that gives the appearance of an Afro hairdo
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Afroasiatic in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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Afroasiatic language in CommonParlance
- definition a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
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Afrocarpus falcata in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized tree of South Africa
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Afropavo congensis in CommonParlance
- definition both sexes are brightly colored
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Ag in CommonParlance
- definition a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
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Aga in CommonParlance
- definition title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey)
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Agapanthus africanus in CommonParlance
- definition African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
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Agaricus arvensis in CommonParlance
- definition coarse edible mushroom with a hollow stem and a broad white cap
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Agaricus campestris in CommonParlance
- definition common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
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Agastache foeniculum in CommonParlance
- definition much-branched North American herb with an odor like fennel