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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basic cognitive process in CommonParlance
- definition cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
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basic color in CommonParlance
- definition a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion
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basic colour in CommonParlance
- definition a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion
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basic dye in CommonParlance
- definition a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion
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basic iron in CommonParlance
- definition pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus
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basic point defense missile system in CommonParlance
- definition a shipboard missile system
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basic price in CommonParlance
- definition the price for a good or service, less any sales tax or VAT the buyer pays and plus any subsidy the seller receives.
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basic principle in CommonParlance
- definition principles from which other truths can be derived
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basic slag in CommonParlance
- definition slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer
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basic training in CommonParlance
- definition the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline
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basically in CommonParlance
- definition in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature
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basics in CommonParlance
- definition a statement of fundamental facts or principles
- definition principles from which other truths can be derived
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basidial in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characterized by basidia
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basidiocarp in CommonParlance
- definition the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells
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basidiolichen in CommonParlance
- definition a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete
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basidiomycete in CommonParlance
- definition any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
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basidiomycetous in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
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basidiomycetous fungi in CommonParlance
- definition any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota
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basidiospore in CommonParlance
- definition a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium
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basidiosporous in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia
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basidium in CommonParlance
- definition a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
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basifixed in CommonParlance
- definition attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
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basify in CommonParlance
- definition turn basic and less acidic
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basil in CommonParlance
- definition any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
- definition leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried
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basil balm in CommonParlance
- definition perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls
- definition fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America