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
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Terms in this context
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anoxic anoxia in CommonParlance
- definition anoxia resulting from defective oxygenation of the blood in the lungs
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anseriform bird in CommonParlance
- definition chiefly web-footed swimming birds
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anserine in CommonParlance
- definition of or resembling a goose
- definition having or revealing stupidity
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answer in CommonParlance
- definition a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- definition a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- definition the speech act of replying to a question
- definition the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- definition a nonverbal reaction
- definition react verbally
- definition respond to a signal
- definition give the correct answer or solution to
- definition understand the meaning of
- definition give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- definition be liable or accountable
- definition be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- definition match or correspond
- definition be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- definition react to a stimulus or command
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answer for in CommonParlance
- definition furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
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answerability in CommonParlance
- definition responsibility to someone or for some activity
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answerable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being answered
- definition morally or legally responsible to a higher authority
- definition liable to account for one's actions
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answerableness in CommonParlance
- definition responsibility to someone or for some activity
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answerer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who responds
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answering in CommonParlance
- definition replying
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answering machine in CommonParlance
- definition an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages
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ant in CommonParlance
- definition social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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ant bear in CommonParlance
- definition large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America
- definition nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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ant bird in CommonParlance
- definition any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms
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ant cow in CommonParlance
- definition excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
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ant lion in CommonParlance
- definition the larva of any of several insects
- definition winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
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ant shrike in CommonParlance
- definition antbirds superficially resembling shrikes
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ant thrush in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of antbird, with species spanning the genera Formicarius and Chamaeza
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antacid in CommonParlance
- definition acting to neutralize acid (especially in the stomach)
- definition an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
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antagonise in CommonParlance
- definition act in opposition to
- definition provoke the hostility of
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antagonism in CommonParlance
- definition a state of deep-seated ill-will
- definition the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors
- definition an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility
- definition (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
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antagonist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who offers opposition
- definition a muscle that relaxes while another contracts
- definition a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug
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antagonistic in CommonParlance
- definition indicating opposition or resistance
- definition characterized by antagonism or antipathy
- definition arousing animosity or hostility
- definition used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect
- definition incapable of harmonious association
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antagonistic muscle in CommonParlance
- definition (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another
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antagonistically in CommonParlance
- definition in an antagonistic manner