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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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basal temperature in CommonParlance
- definition body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
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basal vein in CommonParlance
- definition a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
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basalt in CommonParlance
- definition the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
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basaltic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or containing basalt
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bascule in CommonParlance
- definition a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw)
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base in CommonParlance
- definition serving as or forming a base
- definition of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- definition (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- definition not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- definition having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- definition illegitimate
- definition debased; not genuine
- definition installation from which a military force initiates operations
- definition lowest support of a structure
- definition a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- definition the bottom or lowest part
- definition (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- definition a lower limit
- definition the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- definition a support or foundation
- definition a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- definition any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- definition the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- definition the most important or necessary part of something
- definition (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- definition the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- definition (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- definition the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- definition the principal ingredient of a mixture
- definition a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- definition (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- definition use as a basis for; found on
- definition situate as a center of operations
- definition use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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base hit in CommonParlance
- definition (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
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base metal in CommonParlance
- definition a metal that is common and not considered precious
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base of operations in CommonParlance
- definition installation from which a military force initiates operations
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base on balls in CommonParlance
- definition (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
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base pair in CommonParlance
- definition one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
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base rate in CommonParlance
- definition the interest rate set by the Bank of England for lending to other banks
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base runner in CommonParlance
- definition a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
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base-forming in CommonParlance
- definition yielding a base in aqueous solution
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baseball in CommonParlance
- definition a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
- definition a ball used in playing baseball
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baseball bat in CommonParlance
- definition an implement used in baseball by the batter
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baseball cap in CommonParlance
- definition a cap with a bill
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baseball card in CommonParlance
- definition a trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about their playing record
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baseball clinic in CommonParlance
- definition a meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instruction
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baseball club in CommonParlance
- definition a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
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baseball coach in CommonParlance
- definition a coach of baseball players
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baseball diamond in CommonParlance
- definition the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
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baseball equipment in CommonParlance
- definition equipment used in playing baseball
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baseball field in CommonParlance
- definition the baseball playing field
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baseball game in CommonParlance
- definition a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs