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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auditory modality in CommonParlance
- definition the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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auditory nerve in CommonParlance
- definition a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea
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auditory ossicle in CommonParlance
- definition ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
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auditory perception in CommonParlance
- definition the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
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auditory sensation in CommonParlance
- definition the subjective sensation of hearing something
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auditory sense in CommonParlance
- definition the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
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auditory system in CommonParlance
- definition the sensory system for hearing
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auditory tube in CommonParlance
- definition either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
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auf wiedersehen in CommonParlance
- definition a farewell remark
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augend in CommonParlance
- definition a number to which another number (the addend) is added
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auger in CommonParlance
- definition a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes
- definition hand tool for boring holes
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aught in CommonParlance
- definition a quantity of no importance; thing (object:), singular, negative pronoun; pronoun, thing, singular; quantifier: negative existential
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augite in CommonParlance
- definition dark-green to black glassy mineral of the pyroxene group containing large amounts of aluminum and iron and magnesium
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augitic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing the mineral augite
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augment in CommonParlance
- definition enlarge or increase
- definition grow or intensify
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augmentation in CommonParlance
- definition the amount by which something becomes greater
- definition the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
- definition the act of augmenting
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augmentative in CommonParlance
- definition increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
- definition intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
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augmented in CommonParlance
- definition added to or made greater in amount or number or strength
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augur in CommonParlance
- definition (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- definition indicate, as with a sign or an omen
- definition predict from an omen
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augury in CommonParlance
- definition an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
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august in CommonParlance
- definition of or befitting a lord
- definition profoundly honored
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auk in CommonParlance
- definition black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas
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auklet in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts
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auld in CommonParlance
- definition a Scottish word
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auld langsyne in CommonParlance
- definition past times remembered with nostalgia