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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antlion fly in CommonParlance
- definition winged insect resembling a dragonfly; the larvae (doodlebugs) dig conical pits where they wait to catch e.g. ants
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antonomasia in CommonParlance
- definition substitution of a title for a name
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antonym in CommonParlance
- definition a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
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antonymous in CommonParlance
- definition of words: having opposite meanings
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antonymy in CommonParlance
- definition the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings
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antrorse in CommonParlance
- definition bent or curved forward or upward
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antrum in CommonParlance
- definition a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
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antsy in CommonParlance
- definition nervous and unable to relax
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anuran in CommonParlance
- definition relating to frogs and toads
- definition any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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anuresis in CommonParlance
- definition inability to urinate
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anuretic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to an inability to urinate
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anuria in CommonParlance
- definition inability to urinate
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anuric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to an inability to urinate
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anurous in CommonParlance
- definition not having a tail
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anus in CommonParlance
- definition the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canal
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anvil in CommonParlance
- definition a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
- definition a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes
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anxiety in CommonParlance
- definition (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic
- definition a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
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anxiety attack in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden acute episode of intense anxiety and feelings of panic
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anxiety disorder in CommonParlance
- definition a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom
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anxiety hysteria in CommonParlance
- definition a form of hysteria having features of both conversion disorder and anxiety neurosis
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anxiety neurosis in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by diffuse anxiety and often somatic manifestations of fear
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anxiety reaction in CommonParlance
- definition an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc. that has lasted for more than six months
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anxiolytic in CommonParlance
- definition anxiety relieving
- definition a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
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anxiolytic drug in CommonParlance
- definition a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
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anxious in CommonParlance
- definition eagerly desirous
- definition causing or fraught with or showing anxiety