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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approachability in CommonParlance
- definition the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with
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approachable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being read with comprehension
- definition easy to meet or converse or do business with
- definition easily approached
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approaching in CommonParlance
- definition of the relatively near future
- definition the event of one object coming closer to another
- definition the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- definition the act of drawing spatially closer to something
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approbate in CommonParlance
- definition approve or sanction officially
- definition accept (documents) as valid
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approbation in CommonParlance
- definition official approval
- definition official recognition or approval
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approbative in CommonParlance
- definition expressing or manifesting praise or approval
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approbatory in CommonParlance
- definition expressing or manifesting praise or approval
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appropriable in CommonParlance
- definition that can be appropriated
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appropriate in CommonParlance
- definition suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- definition meant or adapted for an occasion or use
- definition give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- definition take possession of by force, as after an invasion
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appropriately in CommonParlance
- definition in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances
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appropriateness in CommonParlance
- definition appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
- definition the quality of being specially suitable
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appropriation in CommonParlance
- definition money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose
- definition incorporation by joining or uniting
- definition a deliberate act of acquisition of something, often without the permission of the owner
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appropriation bill in CommonParlance
- definition a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose
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appropriative in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or given to the act of taking for yourself
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appropriator in CommonParlance
- definition someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)
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approval in CommonParlance
- definition the formal act of approving
- definition a feeling of liking something or someone good
- definition acceptance as satisfactory
- definition a message expressing a favorable opinion
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approve in CommonParlance
- definition give sanction to
- definition judge to be right or commendable; think well of
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approved in CommonParlance
- definition established by authority; given authoritative approval
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approver in CommonParlance
- definition an authority with power to approve
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approving in CommonParlance
- definition expressing or manifesting praise or approval
- definition the formal act of approving
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approvingly in CommonParlance
- definition in an approving manner
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approximate in CommonParlance
- definition not quite exact or correct
- definition very close in resemblance
- definition located close together
- definition be close or similar
- definition judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
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approximate range in CommonParlance
- definition near to the scope or range of something
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approximately in CommonParlance
- definition (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
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approximation in CommonParlance
- definition an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- definition the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
- definition an imprecise or incomplete account
- definition the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue