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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autobiography in CommonParlance
- definition a biography of yourself
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autobus in CommonParlance
- definition a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
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autocatalysis in CommonParlance
- definition catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
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autocatalytic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or proceeding by autocatalysis
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autochthon in CommonParlance
- definition the earliest known inhabitants of a region
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autochthonal in CommonParlance
- definition originating where it is found
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autochthonic in CommonParlance
- definition originating where it is found
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autochthonous in CommonParlance
- definition of rocks, deposits, etc.; found where they and their constituents were formed
- definition originating where it is found
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autochthony in CommonParlance
- definition nativeness by virtue of originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place)
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autoclave in CommonParlance
- definition a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
- definition subject to the action of an autoclave
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autoclaved aerated concrete in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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autoclaved cellular concrete in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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autoclaved concrete in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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autoclaved lightweight concrete in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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autocoid in CommonParlance
- definition any physiologically active internal secretion especially one of uncertain classification
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autocorrect in CommonParlance
- definition a system for automatically correcting text
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autocracy in CommonParlance
- definition a political system governed by a single individual
- definition a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual
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autocrat in CommonParlance
- definition a cruel and oppressive dictator
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autocratic in CommonParlance
- definition offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
- definition characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having absolute sovereignty
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autocratically in CommonParlance
- definition in an overbearingly domineering manner; as a dictator
- definition in an autocratic manner
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autocue in CommonParlance
- definition a device that displays words for people to read
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autodidact in CommonParlance
- definition a person who has taught themself
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autodidactic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or having the characteristics of an autodidact
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autoecious in CommonParlance
- definition of parasites especially rust fungi; completing the entire life cycle on a single host
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autoerotic in CommonParlance
- definition sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation)