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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bbl in CommonParlance
- definition any of various units of capacity
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bbs in CommonParlance
- definition a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
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bdellium in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
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be in CommonParlance
- definition have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- definition be identical to; be someone or something
- definition occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- definition have an existence, be extant
- definition be identical or equivalent to
- definition form or compose
- definition work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- definition represent, as of a character on stage
- definition spend or use time
- definition have life, be alive
- definition to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
- definition be priced at
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be active in CommonParlance
- definition be in a state of action
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be adrift in CommonParlance
- definition be in motion due to some air or water current
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be after in CommonParlance
- definition have the will and intention to carry out some action
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be all and end all in CommonParlance
- definition the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
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be amiss in CommonParlance
- definition interpret in the wrong way
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be at pains in CommonParlance
- definition try very hard to do something
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be born in CommonParlance
- definition come into existence through birth
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be due in CommonParlance
- definition be the result of
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be given in CommonParlance
- definition have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
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be intimate in CommonParlance
- definition have sexual intercourse with
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be known as in CommonParlance
- definition assign a specified (usually proper) name to
- definition look on as or consider
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be on in CommonParlance
- definition appear in a show, on T.V. or radio
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be on cloud nine in CommonParlance
- definition feel extreme happiness or elation
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be on the ball in CommonParlance
- definition be well-informed
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be quiet in CommonParlance
- definition refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
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be sick in CommonParlance
- definition eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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be with it in CommonParlance
- definition be well-informed
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be-all and end-all in CommonParlance
- definition the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
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beach in CommonParlance
- definition an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
- definition land on a beach
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beach aster in CommonParlance
- definition slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California
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beach ball in CommonParlance
- definition large and light ball; for play at the seaside