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.
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arty-crafty in CommonParlance
- definition pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming
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arugula in CommonParlance
- definition erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
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arui in CommonParlance
- definition wild sheep of northern Africa
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arum in CommonParlance
- definition starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
- definition any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
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arum lily in CommonParlance
- definition South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
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arundinaceous in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or resembling reedlike plants of the genus Arundinaria
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arytaenoid in CommonParlance
- definition either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
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arytenoid in CommonParlance
- definition either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
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arytenoid cartilage in CommonParlance
- definition either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
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as in CommonParlance
- definition to the same degree (often followed by ‘as’)
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as a group in CommonParlance
- definition all together
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as a matter of fact in CommonParlance
- definition in reality or actuality
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as far as possible in CommonParlance
- definition to a feasible extent
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as follows in CommonParlance
- definition what is listed next
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as if by magic in CommonParlance
- definition in a magical manner
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as it is in CommonParlance
- definition in the actual state of affairs and often contrary to expectations
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as it were in CommonParlance
- definition as if it were really so
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as luck would have it in CommonParlance
- definition by good fortune
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as much as possible in CommonParlance
- definition to a feasible extent
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as needed in CommonParlance
- definition according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)
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as required in CommonParlance
- definition according to need (physicians use PRN in writing prescriptions)
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as the crow flies in CommonParlance
- definition by the shortest and most direct route
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as usual in CommonParlance
- definition in the usual manner
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as we say in CommonParlance
- definition in a manner of speaking
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as well in CommonParlance
- definition in addition