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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assonant in CommonParlance
- definition having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables
- definition having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
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assonate in CommonParlance
- definition correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance
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assort in CommonParlance
- definition keep company with; hang out with
- definition arrange or order by classes or categories
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assortative mating in CommonParlance
- definition mating of individuals having more traits in common than likely in random mating
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assorted in CommonParlance
- definition consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
- definition of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity
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assortment in CommonParlance
- definition a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
- definition the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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assuage in CommonParlance
- definition cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- definition satisfy (thirst)
- definition provide physical relief, as from pain
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assuagement in CommonParlance
- definition the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
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assuasive in CommonParlance
- definition freeing from fear and anxiety
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assume in CommonParlance
- definition take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
- definition take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- definition take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- definition take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
- definition occupy or take on
- definition seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- definition make a pretence of
- definition take up someone's soul into heaven
- definition put clothing on one's body
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assumed in CommonParlance
- definition adopted in order to deceive
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assumed name in CommonParlance
- definition a name that has been assumed
- definition (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
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assuming in CommonParlance
- definition excessively forward
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assumption in CommonParlance
- definition a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
- definition a hypothesis that is taken for granted
- definition the act of taking possession of or power over something
- definition audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- definition the act of assuming or taking for granted
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assumptive in CommonParlance
- definition excessively forward
- definition accepted as real or true without proof
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assurance in CommonParlance
- definition freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- definition a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
- definition a statement intended to inspire confidence
- definition a British term for some kinds of insurance
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assure in CommonParlance
- definition make certain of
- definition inform positively and with certainty and confidence
- definition assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence
- definition be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- definition make a promise or commitment
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assured in CommonParlance
- definition marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
- definition characterized by certainty or security
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assuredly in CommonParlance
- definition without a doubt
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assuredness in CommonParlance
- definition great coolness and composure under strain
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assurgent in CommonParlance
- definition rising from the sea
- definition growing or extending upward
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assuring in CommonParlance
- definition giving confidence
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astasia in CommonParlance
- definition inability to stand due to muscular incoordination
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astatic in CommonParlance
- definition not static or stable
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astatic coils in CommonParlance
- definition an arrangement of coils used in sensitive electrical instruments; the coils are arranged to give zero resultant external magnetic field when a current passes through them and to have zero electromotive force induced in them by an external magnetic field