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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before Christ in CommonParlance
- definition before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born
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before long in CommonParlance
- definition in the near future
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beforehand in CommonParlance
- definition being ahead of time or need
- definition ahead of time; in anticipation
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befoul in CommonParlance
- definition spot, stain, or pollute
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befouled in CommonParlance
- definition made dirty or foul
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befoulment in CommonParlance
- definition the state of being polluted
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befriend in CommonParlance
- definition become friends with
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befuddle in CommonParlance
- definition be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
- definition make stupid with alcohol
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befuddled in CommonParlance
- definition stupefied by alcoholic drink
- definition perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- definition confused and vague; used especially of thinking
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befuddlement in CommonParlance
- definition confusion resulting from failure to understand
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beg in CommonParlance
- definition call upon in supplication; entreat
- definition make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
- definition ask to obtain free
- definition dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
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beg off in CommonParlance
- definition ask for permission to be released from an engagement
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beget in CommonParlance
- definition make (offspring) by reproduction
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begetter in CommonParlance
- definition a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
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beggar in CommonParlance
- definition a pauper who lives by begging
- definition be beyond the resources of
- definition reduce to beggary
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beggar lice in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
- definition any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
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beggar's lice in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing
- definition any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
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beggar's-ticks in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
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beggar-my-neighbor in CommonParlance
- definition a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
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beggar-my-neighbor policy in CommonParlance
- definition a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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beggar-my-neighbor strategy in CommonParlance
- definition a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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beggar-my-neighbour in CommonParlance
- definition a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
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beggar-my-neighbour policy in CommonParlance
- definition a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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beggar-my-neighbour strategy in CommonParlance
- definition a policy of promoting oneself at the expense of others; used especially of national policy
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beggar-ticks in CommonParlance
- definition the seed of bur marigolds
- definition any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing