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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aspect in CommonParlance
- definition a distinct feature or element in a problem
- definition a characteristic to be considered
- definition the visual percept of a region
- definition the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- definition the feelings expressed on a person's face
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aspect ratio in CommonParlance
- definition the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture
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aspectual in CommonParlance
- definition of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb)
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aspen in CommonParlance
- definition any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind
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aspen poplar in CommonParlance
- definition a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
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asper in CommonParlance
- definition 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey
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aspergill in CommonParlance
- definition a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
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aspergillosis in CommonParlance
- definition severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
- definition an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs
- definition disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
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asperity in CommonParlance
- definition something hard to endure
- definition harshness of manner
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asperse in CommonParlance
- definition charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
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aspersion in CommonParlance
- definition a disparaging remark
- definition an abusive attack on a person's character or good name
- definition the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
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aspersorium in CommonParlance
- definition the basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches
- definition a short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water
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asphalt in CommonParlance
- definition mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing
- definition a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
- definition cover with tar or asphalt
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asphaltic in CommonParlance
- definition containing asphalt
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aspheric in CommonParlance
- definition varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape
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aspherical in CommonParlance
- definition varying slightly from a perfectly spherical shape
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asphodel in CommonParlance
- definition any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers
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asphyxia in CommonParlance
- definition a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas
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asphyxiate in CommonParlance
- definition deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- definition impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- definition be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
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asphyxiated in CommonParlance
- definition in a state of asphyxia
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asphyxiating in CommonParlance
- definition tending to deprive of oxygen
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asphyxiation in CommonParlance
- definition the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
- definition killing by depriving of oxygen
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asphyxiator in CommonParlance
- definition a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires
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aspic in CommonParlance
- definition savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables
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aspidistra in CommonParlance
- definition evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant