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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amoebic 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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amoebiosis in CommonParlance
- definition infection by a disease-causing ameba
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amoeboid in CommonParlance
- definition like an amoeba (especially in having a variable irregular shape)
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amoebous in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or resembling amoebae
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amok in CommonParlance
- definition wildly frenzied and out of control
- definition wildly; without self-control
- definition in a murderous frenzy
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amora in CommonParlance
- definition one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed the Mishnaic law in the law schools of Palestine and Mesopotamia where they explained and applied earlier teachings and whose discussions are recorded in the Talmud; they emphasized the study of Torah and the importance of personal action and the fulfillment of the commandments
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amoralism in CommonParlance
- definition the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
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amoralist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
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amorality in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being amoral
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amorally in CommonParlance
- definition without regard for morality
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amorist in CommonParlance
- definition one dedicated to love and lovemaking especially one who writes about love
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amoristic in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to romantic love
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amorous in CommonParlance
- definition inclined toward or displaying love
- definition expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance
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amorously in CommonParlance
- definition in an amorous manner
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amorousness in CommonParlance
- definition a feeling of love or fondness
- definition the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
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amorpha in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
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amorphophallus in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Amorphophallus
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amorphous in CommonParlance
- definition having no definite form or distinct shape
- definition lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
- definition (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
- definition unclear because vague or badly organized
- definition without real or apparent crystalline form
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amorphous shape in CommonParlance
- definition an ill-defined or arbitrary shape
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amort in CommonParlance
- definition utterly cast down
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amortisation in CommonParlance
- definition the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
- definition payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
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amortise in CommonParlance
- definition liquidate gradually
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amortization in CommonParlance
- definition the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years
- definition payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers
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amortize in CommonParlance
- definition liquidate gradually
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amount in CommonParlance
- definition a quantity of money
- definition the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
- definition how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
- definition a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
- definition be tantamount or equivalent to
- definition add up in number or quantity
- definition to measure up to in kind or quality