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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anamnestic response in CommonParlance
- definition renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen
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anamorphic in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to gradual evolution from one type of organism to another
- definition pertaining to a kind of distorting optical system
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anamorphism in CommonParlance
- definition the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- definition metamorphism that occurs deep under the earth's surface; changes simple minerals into complex minerals
- definition a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
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anamorphosis in CommonParlance
- definition the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes
- definition a distorted projection or perspective; especially an image distorted in such a way that it becomes visible only when viewed in a special manner
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ananas in CommonParlance
- definition large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
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anancasm in CommonParlance
- definition An obsolete term for ritualistic act or sequence of acts performed by a person with obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
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anapaest in CommonParlance
- definition a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
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anapaestic in CommonParlance
- definition (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one
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anapest in CommonParlance
- definition a metrical unit with unstressed-unstressed-stressed syllables
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anapestic in CommonParlance
- definition (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one
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anaphase in CommonParlance
- definition the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
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anaphasic in CommonParlance
- definition of or related to the stage of mitosis known as anaphase
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anaphor in CommonParlance
- definition a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
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anaphora in CommonParlance
- definition using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
- definition repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
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anaphoric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to anaphora
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anaphoric pronoun in CommonParlance
- definition a pronoun that refers to an antecedent
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anaphoric relation in CommonParlance
- definition the relation between an anaphor and its antecedent
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anaphrodisia in CommonParlance
- definition decline or absence of sexual desire
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anaphrodisiac in CommonParlance
- definition tending to diminish sexual desire
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anaphylactic in CommonParlance
- definition related to the hypersensitivity known as anaphylaxis
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anaphylactic antibody in CommonParlance
- definition a type of antibody that has an affinity for certain kinds of cells, in addition to and unrelated to its specific affinity for the antigen that induced it, because of the properties of the Fc portion of the heavy chain.
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anaphylactic shock in CommonParlance
- definition a severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure
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anaphylaxis in CommonParlance
- definition hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substance
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anaplasia in CommonParlance
- definition loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor
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anaplasmosis in CommonParlance
- definition a disease of cattle that is transmitted by cattle ticks; similar to Texas fever