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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anticatalyst in CommonParlance
- definition (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
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anticholinergic in CommonParlance
- definition inhibiting or blocking the action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
- definition a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
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anticholinergic drug in CommonParlance
- definition a substance that opposes or blocks the action of acetylcholine
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anticholinesterase in CommonParlance
- definition a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect
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anticipant in CommonParlance
- definition marked by eager anticipation
- definition one who anticipates
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anticipate in CommonParlance
- definition regard something as probable or likely
- definition act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
- definition realize beforehand
- definition make a prediction about; tell in advance
- definition be excited or anxious about
- definition be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
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anticipated in CommonParlance
- definition expected hopefully
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anticipation in CommonParlance
- definition an expectation
- definition something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
- definition the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
- definition anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
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anticipative in CommonParlance
- definition marked by eager anticipation
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anticipator in CommonParlance
- definition one who anticipates
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anticipatory in CommonParlance
- definition in anticipation
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anticipatory breach in CommonParlance
- definition a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
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anticlimactic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style
- definition coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
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anticlimactical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style
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anticlimax in CommonParlance
- definition a disappointing decline after a previous rise
- definition a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
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anticlinal in CommonParlance
- definition sloping downward away from a common crest
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anticlockwise in CommonParlance
- definition in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- definition in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
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anticoagulant in CommonParlance
- definition medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
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anticoagulant medication in CommonParlance
- definition medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
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anticoagulation in CommonParlance
- definition the administration of an anticoagulant drug to retard coagulation of the blood
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anticoagulative in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to an anticoagulant
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anticonvulsant in CommonParlance
- definition a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
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anticonvulsant drug in CommonParlance
- definition a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in epilepsy)
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anticyclone in CommonParlance
- definition (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
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anticyclonic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center