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.
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audiometry in CommonParlance
- definition the measurement of hearing
- definition measuring sensitivity of hearing
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audiotape in CommonParlance
- definition a tape recording of sound
- definition magnetic tape for use in recording sound
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audiovisual in CommonParlance
- definition involving both hearing and seeing (usually relating to teaching aids)
- definition materials using sight or sound to present information
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audiovisual aid in CommonParlance
- definition materials using sight or sound to present information
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audit in CommonParlance
- definition an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
- definition a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation
- definition examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification
- definition attend academic courses without getting credit
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audit program in CommonParlance
- definition a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit
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audit programme in CommonParlance
- definition a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit
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audited account in CommonParlance
- definition an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant or CPA
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audition in CommonParlance
- definition the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
- definition a test of the suitability of a performer
- definition perform in order to get a role
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auditive in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the process of hearing
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auditor in CommonParlance
- definition someone who listens attentively
- definition a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit
- definition a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
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auditorium in CommonParlance
- definition the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
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auditory in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the process of hearing
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auditory agnosia in CommonParlance
- definition inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words
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auditory aphasia in CommonParlance
- definition an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
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auditory apparatus in CommonParlance
- definition all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
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auditory area in CommonParlance
- definition the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body
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auditory canal in CommonParlance
- definition either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane
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auditory center in CommonParlance
- definition the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
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auditory communication in CommonParlance
- definition communication that relies on hearing
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auditory cortex in CommonParlance
- definition the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body
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auditory hallucination in CommonParlance
- definition illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds
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auditory hyperesthesia in CommonParlance
- definition abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
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auditory image in CommonParlance
- definition a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception
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auditory meatus in CommonParlance
- definition either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane