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.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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Ambystoma tigrinum in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed brown or black North American salamander with vertical yellowish blotches
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Ameiurus melas in CommonParlance
- definition catfish common in eastern United States
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Amelanchier alnifolia in CommonParlance
- definition shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
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Amelanchier bartramiana in CommonParlance
- definition open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits
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American in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
- definition a native or inhabitant of the United States
- definition the English language as used in the United States
- definition a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country
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American Baptist Convention in CommonParlance
- definition an association of Northern Baptists
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American Dream in CommonParlance
- definition the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
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American English in CommonParlance
- definition the English language as used in the United States
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American English orthography in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the United States (characterized by ‘analyze’, ‘center’, ‘usable’)
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American English spelling in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the United States (characterized by ‘analyze’, ‘center’, ‘usable’)
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American Federalist Party in CommonParlance
- definition a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government
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American Federation of Labor in CommonParlance
- definition a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in CommonParlance
- definition the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955
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American Indian in CommonParlance
- definition any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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American Indian Day in CommonParlance
- definition US: the 4th Friday in September
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American Indian language in CommonParlance
- definition any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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American Labor Party in CommonParlance
- definition a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
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American Legion in CommonParlance
- definition the largest organization of United States war veterans
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American Party in CommonParlance
- definition a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
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American Revolutionary leader in CommonParlance
- definition a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States
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American Staffordshire terrier in CommonParlance
- definition American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat
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American Standard Code for Information Interchange in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers
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American agave in CommonParlance
- definition widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
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American alligator in CommonParlance
- definition large alligator of the southeastern United States
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American aloe in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber