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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arguable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being supported by argument
- definition open to argument or debate
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arguably in CommonParlance
- definition as can be shown by argument
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argue in CommonParlance
- definition present reasons and arguments
- definition have an argument about something
- definition give evidence of
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arguer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who engages in debate
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argufy in CommonParlance
- definition have a disagreement over something
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arguing in CommonParlance
- definition a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
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argument in CommonParlance
- definition a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- definition a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- definition a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- definition a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- definition (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- definition a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable
- definition a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
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argumentation in CommonParlance
- definition a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- definition a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
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argumentative in CommonParlance
- definition given to or characterized by argument
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argumentatively in CommonParlance
- definition in a disputatious manner
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argus in CommonParlance
- definition large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
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argus pheasant in CommonParlance
- definition large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
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argus-eyed in CommonParlance
- definition having very keen vision
- definition carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger
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argy-bargy in CommonParlance
- definition a verbal dispute; a wrangling argument
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argyle in CommonParlance
- definition a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
- definition a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
- definition a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design
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argyll in CommonParlance
- definition a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
- definition a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
- definition a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design
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argyrodite in CommonParlance
- definition a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur
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aria in CommonParlance
- definition an elaborate song for solo voice
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arid in CommonParlance
- definition lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- definition lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
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aridity in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of yielding nothing of value
- definition a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
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aridness in CommonParlance
- definition a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)
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arietta in CommonParlance
- definition a short aria
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aright in CommonParlance
- definition in an accurate manner
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aril in CommonParlance
- definition fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
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ariled in CommonParlance
- definition (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover