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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annulus in CommonParlance
- definition a toroidal shape
- definition (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
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annum in CommonParlance
- definition (Latin) year
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annunciate in CommonParlance
- definition foreshadow or presage
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annunciation in CommonParlance
- definition a formal public statement
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annunciator in CommonParlance
- definition an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard)
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annunciatory in CommonParlance
- definition relating to the act of announcing or being announced
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anoa in CommonParlance
- definition small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns
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anodal in CommonParlance
- definition of or at or relating to an anode
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anode in CommonParlance
- definition a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an electrical device
- definition the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
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anodic in CommonParlance
- definition of or at or relating to an anode
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anodise in CommonParlance
- definition coat a metal with an oxide coat
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anodize in CommonParlance
- definition coat a metal with an oxide coat
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anodyne in CommonParlance
- definition capable of relieving pain
- definition a medicine used to relieve pain
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anoestrous in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to anestrus
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anoestrum in CommonParlance
- definition applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
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anoestrus in CommonParlance
- definition applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus
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anoint in CommonParlance
- definition choose by or as if by divine intervention
- definition administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
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anointer in CommonParlance
- definition one who anoints as a religious ceremony
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anointing in CommonParlance
- definition the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
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anointing of the sick in CommonParlance
- definition a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
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anointment in CommonParlance
- definition the act of applying oil or an oily liquid
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anole in CommonParlance
- definition small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
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anomalist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases
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anomalistic month in CommonParlance
- definition period between successive perigees; approximately 27.5546 days
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anomalistic year in CommonParlance
- definition time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec