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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aromatic aster in CommonParlance
- definition a variety of aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium)
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aromatic compound in CommonParlance
- definition a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
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aromatic hydrocarbon in CommonParlance
- definition a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds
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aromaticity in CommonParlance
- definition The property of having an aroma.
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aromatise in CommonParlance
- definition fill or impregnate with an odor
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aromatize in CommonParlance
- definition fill or impregnate with an odor
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aronia berry liqueur in CommonParlance
- definition any of a variety of strong alcoholic liqueurs made from aronia berries.
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aronia liqueur in CommonParlance
- definition any of a variety of strong alcoholic liqueurs made from aronia berries.
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around in CommonParlance
- definition in the area or vicinity
- definition by a circular or circuitous route
- definition used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- definition in a circle or circular motion
- definition (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- definition in or to a reversed position or direction
- definition to a particular destination either specified or understood
- definition all around or on all sides
- definition in circumference
- definition from beginning to end; throughout
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around the bend in CommonParlance
- definition informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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around the clock in CommonParlance
- definition endlessly
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around-the-clock in CommonParlance
- definition at all times
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arousal in CommonParlance
- definition the act of arousing
- definition a state of heightened physiological activity
- definition awakening from sleep
- definition mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
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arouse in CommonParlance
- definition call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- definition stop sleeping
- definition summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- definition cause to be alert and energetic
- definition cause to become awake or conscious
- definition to begin moving
- definition to evoke sexual feelings
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aroused in CommonParlance
- definition aroused to action
- definition emotionally aroused
- definition brought to a state of great tension
- definition feeling great sexual desire
- definition keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- definition (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
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arouser in CommonParlance
- definition someone who rouses others from sleep
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arpeggio in CommonParlance
- definition a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously
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arpent in CommonParlance
- definition a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre
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arquebus in CommonParlance
- definition an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
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arrack in CommonParlance
- definition any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
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arraign in CommonParlance
- definition call before a court to answer an indictment
- definition accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy
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arraignment in CommonParlance
- definition a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
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arrange in CommonParlance
- definition put into a proper or systematic order
- definition make arrangements for
- definition plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- definition set (printed matter) into a specific format
- definition arrange attractively
- definition adapt for performance in a different way
- definition arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
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arranged in CommonParlance
- definition disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
- definition organized or planned for
- definition deliberately arranged for effect
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arrangement in CommonParlance
- definition the thing arranged or agreed to
- definition an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
- definition an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- definition the spatial property of the way in which something is placed
- definition a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments
- definition the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music