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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avocet in CommonParlance
- definition long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
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avoid in CommonParlance
- definition stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
- definition prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off
- definition refrain from doing something
- definition refrain from certain foods or beverages
- definition declare invalid
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avoidable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being avoided or warded off
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avoidance in CommonParlance
- definition deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
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avoirdupois in CommonParlance
- definition a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
- definition excess bodily weight
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avoirdupois unit in CommonParlance
- definition any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights
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avoirdupois weight in CommonParlance
- definition a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
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avouch in CommonParlance
- definition admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
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avouchment in CommonParlance
- definition a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
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avow in CommonParlance
- definition to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
- definition admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
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avowal in CommonParlance
- definition a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
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avowed in CommonParlance
- definition openly declared as such
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avowedly in CommonParlance
- definition by open declaration
- definition as acknowledged
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avower in CommonParlance
- definition someone who admits or acknowledges openly and boldly
- definition someone who claims to speak the truth
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avulse in CommonParlance
- definition separate by avulsion
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avulsion in CommonParlance
- definition an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
- definition a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
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avuncular in CommonParlance
- definition resembling an uncle in kindness or indulgence
- definition being or relating to an uncle
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await in CommonParlance
- definition look forward to the probable occurrence of
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awaited in CommonParlance
- definition expected hopefully
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awake in CommonParlance
- definition not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
- definition mentally perceptive and responsive
- definition stop sleeping
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awaken in CommonParlance
- definition cause to become awake or conscious
- definition stop sleeping
- definition make aware
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awakened in CommonParlance
- definition aroused or activated
- definition (somewhat formal) having been waked up
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awakening in CommonParlance
- definition the act of waking
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award in CommonParlance
- definition a grant made by a law court
- definition a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
- definition something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
- definition give, especially as an honor or reward
- definition give as judged due or on the basis of merit
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award-winning in CommonParlance
- definition having received awards