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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bandwagon in CommonParlance
- definition a popular trend that attracts growing support
- definition a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band
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bandwagon effect in CommonParlance
- definition the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
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bandwidth in CommonParlance
- definition a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
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bandy in CommonParlance
- definition have legs that curve outward at the knees
- definition toss or strike a ball back and forth
- definition exchange blows
- definition discuss lightly
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bandy about in CommonParlance
- definition discuss casually
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bandy leg in CommonParlance
- definition a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
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bandy legs in CommonParlance
- definition outward curvature of the legs
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bandy-legged in CommonParlance
- definition have legs that curve outward at the knees
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bandyleg in CommonParlance
- definition a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)
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bane in CommonParlance
- definition something causing misery or death
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baneberry in CommonParlance
- definition a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea
- definition a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
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baneful in CommonParlance
- definition exceedingly harmful
- definition deadly or sinister
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banefully in CommonParlance
- definition in a noxiously baneful way
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bang in CommonParlance
- definition a vigorous blow
- definition a sudden very loud noise
- definition a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead
- definition the swift release of a store of affective force
- definition a conspicuous success
- definition directly
- definition strike violently
- definition to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound
- definition close violently
- definition move noisily
- definition have sexual intercourse with
- definition leap, jerk, bang
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bang out in CommonParlance
- definition play loudly
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bang up in CommonParlance
- definition damage or destroy as if by violence
- definition make pregnant
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bang-up in CommonParlance
- definition excellent
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bangalore torpedo in CommonParlance
- definition a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire
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banger in CommonParlance
- definition (British informal) pork sausage
- definition firework consisting of a small explosive charge and fuse in a heavy paper casing
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banging in CommonParlance
- definition (used informally) very large
- definition a continuing very loud noise
- definition the act of subjecting to strong attack
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bangle in CommonParlance
- definition jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration
- definition cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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bangtail in CommonParlance
- definition a horse bred for racing
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banian in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
- definition a loose fitting jacket; originally worn in India
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banian tree in CommonParlance
- definition East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
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banish in CommonParlance
- definition expel from a community or group
- definition ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
- definition expel, as if by official decree
- definition drive away