CommonParlance
Seed
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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apoplexy in CommonParlance
- definition a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
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apoptosis in CommonParlance
- definition a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
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aposelene in CommonParlance
- definition apoapsis in orbit around the moon
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aposematic coloration in CommonParlance
- definition conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators
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aposiopesis in CommonParlance
- definition breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
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aposiopetic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis
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apostasy in CommonParlance
- definition the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- definition the act of abandoning a party for cause
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apostate in CommonParlance
- definition not faithful to religion or party or cause
- definition a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
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apostatise in CommonParlance
- definition abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
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apostatize in CommonParlance
- definition abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
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apostle in CommonParlance
- definition an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform
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apostleship in CommonParlance
- definition the position of apostle
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apostolic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
- definition proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
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apostolic delegate in CommonParlance
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it
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apostolical in CommonParlance
- definition proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
- definition of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings
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apostrophe in CommonParlance
- definition address to an absent or imaginary person
- definition the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word
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apostrophic in CommonParlance
- definition of or characteristic of apostrophe
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apostrophise in CommonParlance
- definition use an apostrophe
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apostrophize in CommonParlance
- definition use an apostrophe
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apothecaries' ounce in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound
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apothecaries' pound in CommonParlance
- definition an apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces or 373.242 grams
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apothecaries' unit in CommonParlance
- definition any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
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apothecaries' weight in CommonParlance
- definition any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces
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apothecary in CommonParlance
- definition a health professional trained in the art of preparing and dispensing drugs
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apothecary's shop in CommonParlance
- definition a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold