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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apothecial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi
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apothecium in CommonParlance
- definition a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi
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apothegm in CommonParlance
- definition a short pithy instructive saying
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apothegmatic in CommonParlance
- definition given to or characterized by terse apothegms
- definition terse and witty and like a maxim
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apothegmatical in CommonParlance
- definition given to or characterized by terse apothegms
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apotheose in CommonParlance
- definition deify or glorify
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apotheosis in CommonParlance
- definition model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- definition the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
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apotheosise in CommonParlance
- definition deify or glorify
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apotheosize in CommonParlance
- definition deify or glorify
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apotropaic in CommonParlance
- definition having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
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appal in CommonParlance
- definition strike with disgust or revulsion
- definition fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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appall in CommonParlance
- definition strike with disgust or revulsion
- definition fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
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appalled in CommonParlance
- definition struck with fear, dread, or consternation
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appalling in CommonParlance
- definition causing consternation
- definition an experience that appalls
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appallingly in CommonParlance
- definition to an appalling extent
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appanage in CommonParlance
- definition any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life
- definition a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family
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apparatchik in CommonParlance
- definition a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)
- definition a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
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apparatus in CommonParlance
- definition equipment designed to serve a specific function
- definition (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
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apparatus urogenitalis in CommonParlance
- definition the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
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apparel in CommonParlance
- definition clothing in general
- definition provide with clothes or put clothes on
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apparel chain in CommonParlance
- definition a chain of clothing stores
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apparel industry in CommonParlance
- definition makers and sellers of fashionable clothing
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appareled in CommonParlance
- definition dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
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apparency in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being apparent
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apparent in CommonParlance
- definition clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
- definition appearing as such but not necessarily so