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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ask in in CommonParlance
- definition ask to enter
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ask out in CommonParlance
- definition make a date
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ask over in CommonParlance
- definition invite someone to one's house
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ask round in CommonParlance
- definition invite someone to one's house
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askance in CommonParlance
- definition (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
- definition with suspicion or disapproval
- definition with a side or oblique glance
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askant in CommonParlance
- definition (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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asker in CommonParlance
- definition someone who asks a question
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askew in CommonParlance
- definition turned or twisted toward one side
- definition turned or twisted to one side
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asking in CommonParlance
- definition the verbal act of requesting
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asking price in CommonParlance
- definition the price at which something is offered for sale
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aslant in CommonParlance
- definition having an oblique or slanted direction
- definition over or across in a slanting direction
- definition at an oblique angle
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asleep in CommonParlance
- definition in a state of sleep
- definition lacking sensation
- definition dead
- definition into a sleeping state
- definition in the sleep of death
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aslope in CommonParlance
- definition having an oblique or slanted direction
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asocial in CommonParlance
- definition given to avoiding association with others
- definition hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior
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asp in CommonParlance
- definition of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- definition cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
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asp viper in CommonParlance
- definition of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
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asparaginase in CommonParlance
- definition antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia
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asparagine in CommonParlance
- definition a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus)
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asparagus in CommonParlance
- definition plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
- definition edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
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asparagus bean in CommonParlance
- definition South American bean having very long succulent pods
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asparagus bed in CommonParlance
- definition a bed in which asparagus is growing
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asparagus fern in CommonParlance
- definition a fernlike plant native to South Africa
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asparagus pea in CommonParlance
- definition sprawling European annual having a 4-winged edible pod
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aspartame in CommonParlance
- definition an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener
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aspartic acid in CommonParlance
- definition a crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane