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.
Child contexts
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Terms in this context
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badger in CommonParlance
- definition sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere
- definition annoy persistently
- definition persuade through constant efforts
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badger dog in CommonParlance
- definition small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows
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badger skunk in CommonParlance
- definition large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
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badgerer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
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badgering in CommonParlance
- definition the act of harassing someone
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badinage in CommonParlance
- definition frivolous banter
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badlands in CommonParlance
- definition deeply eroded barren land
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badly in CommonParlance
- definition to a severe or serious degree
- definition (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- definition evilly or wickedly
- definition in a disobedient or naughty way
- definition with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- definition very much; strongly
- definition without skill or in a displeasing manner
- definition in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- definition unfavorably or with disapproval
- definition with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
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badminton in CommonParlance
- definition a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
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badminton court in CommonParlance
- definition the court on which badminton is played
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badminton equipment in CommonParlance
- definition equipment for playing the game of badminton
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badminton racket in CommonParlance
- definition a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
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badminton racquet in CommonParlance
- definition a light long-handled racket used by badminton players
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badmouth in CommonParlance
- definition speak unfavorably about
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badness in CommonParlance
- definition that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- definition used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
- definition an attribute of mischievous children
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baedeker in CommonParlance
- definition any of a series of travel guidebooks published by the German firm founded by Karl Baedeker
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baffle in CommonParlance
- definition a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
- definition be a mystery or bewildering to
- definition hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- definition restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
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baffle board in CommonParlance
- definition a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
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baffled in CommonParlance
- definition perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- definition people who are frustrated and perplexed
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bafflement in CommonParlance
- definition confusion resulting from failure to understand
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baffling in CommonParlance
- definition making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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bag in CommonParlance
- definition a flexible container with a single opening
- definition the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- definition a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- definition a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- definition the quantity that a bag will hold
- definition a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
- definition an ugly or ill-tempered woman
- definition mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
- definition an activity that you like or at which you are superior
- definition capture or kill, as in hunting
- definition hang loosely, like an empty bag
- definition bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
- definition take unlawfully
- definition put into a bag
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bag lady in CommonParlance
- definition a homeless woman who carries all her possessions with her in shopping bags
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bag of tricks in CommonParlance
- definition a supply of ways of accomplishing something
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bag-shaped in CommonParlance
- definition shaped like a bag