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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at any cost in CommonParlance
- definition regardless of the cost involved
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at any expense in CommonParlance
- definition regardless of the cost involved
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at any rate in CommonParlance
- definition used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
- definition if nothing else (‘leastwise’ is informal and ‘leastways’ is colloquial)
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at arm's length in CommonParlance
- definition at some distance
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at bay in CommonParlance
- definition forced to turn and face attackers
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at best in CommonParlance
- definition under the best of conditions
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at bottom in CommonParlance
- definition in reality
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at close range in CommonParlance
- definition very close
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at fault in CommonParlance
- definition deserving blame
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at first in CommonParlance
- definition at the beginning
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at first blush in CommonParlance
- definition as a first impression
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at first glance in CommonParlance
- definition on first seeing (someone or something); immediately
- definition after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect
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at first hand in CommonParlance
- definition from the original source; directly
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at first sight in CommonParlance
- definition on first seeing (someone or something); immediately
- definition after an initial impression, which later proves incorrect
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at hand in CommonParlance
- definition close in space; within reach
- definition close in time; about to occur
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at heart in CommonParlance
- definition in reality
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at home in CommonParlance
- definition a reception held in your own home
- definition on the home team's field
- definition at, to, or toward the place where you reside
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at large in CommonParlance
- definition having escaped, especially from confinement
- definition in a general fashion
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at last in CommonParlance
- definition as the end result of a succession or process
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at least in CommonParlance
- definition if nothing else (‘leastwise’ is informal and ‘leastways’ is colloquial)
- definition not less than
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at leisure in CommonParlance
- definition in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
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at length in CommonParlance
- definition in a lengthy or prolix manner
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at loggerheads in CommonParlance
- definition in a dispute or confrontation
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at long last in CommonParlance
- definition as the end result of a succession or process
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at most in CommonParlance
- definition not more than