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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Britannic in CommonParlance
- definition of Britain
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Brith in CommonParlance
- definition the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
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Briticism in CommonParlance
- definition an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
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British in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
- definition the people of Great Britain
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British Cabinet in CommonParlance
- definition the senior ministers of the British government
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British Commonwealth in CommonParlance
- definition an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
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British East Africa in CommonParlance
- definition the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar
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British English in CommonParlance
- definition English as spoken in the UK
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British English orthography in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the UK, Ireland and most of the Commonwealth (characterized by ‘analyse’, ‘centre’ and ‘useable’)
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British English spelling in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the UK, Ireland and most of the Commonwealth (characterized by ‘analyse’, ‘centre’ and ‘useable’)
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British House of Commons in CommonParlance
- definition the lower house of the British parliament
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British House of Lords in CommonParlance
- definition the upper house of the British parliament
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British Imperial System in CommonParlance
- definition a system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint
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British Labour Party in CommonParlance
- definition a political party formed in Great Britain in 1900; characterized by the promotion of labor's interests and formerly the socialization of key industries
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British Parliament in CommonParlance
- definition the British legislative body
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British West Africa in CommonParlance
- definition the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
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British capacity unit in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of measure for capacity officially adopted in the British Imperial System; British units are both dry and wet
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British colony in the Americas in CommonParlance
- definition one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
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British empiricism in CommonParlance
- definition the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
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British monetary unit in CommonParlance
- definition monetary unit in Great Britain
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British people in CommonParlance
- definition the people of Great Britain
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British pound in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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British pound sterling in CommonParlance
- definition the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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British shilling in CommonParlance
- definition a former monetary unit in Great Britain
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British spelling in CommonParlance
- definition English orthography used in the UK, Ireland and most of the Commonwealth (characterized by ‘analyse’, ‘centre’ and ‘useable’)