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
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Terms in this context
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beggarly in CommonParlance
- definition marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- definition (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
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beggarman in CommonParlance
- definition a man who is a beggar
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beggarweed in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil
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beggarwoman in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who is a beggar
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beggary in CommonParlance
- definition a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- definition the state of being a beggar or mendicant
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begging in CommonParlance
- definition a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
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begild in CommonParlance
- definition decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
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begin in CommonParlance
- definition take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- definition have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- definition set in motion, cause to start
- definition begin to speak or say
- definition be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- definition have a beginning, of a temporal event
- definition have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- definition begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- definition achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- definition begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
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beginner in CommonParlance
- definition someone new to a field or activity
- definition a person who founds or establishes some institution
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beginning in CommonParlance
- definition serving to begin
- definition the event consisting of the start of something
- definition the time at which something is supposed to begin
- definition the first part or section of something
- definition the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- definition the act of starting something
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beginning rhyme in CommonParlance
- definition use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
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begonia in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes
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begotten in CommonParlance
- definition (of offspring) generated by procreation
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begrime in CommonParlance
- definition make soiled, filthy, or dirty
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begrimed in CommonParlance
- definition thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
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begrudge in CommonParlance
- definition be envious of; set one's heart on
- definition wish ill or allow unwillingly
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beguile in CommonParlance
- definition influence by slyness
- definition attract; cause to be enamored
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beguiled in CommonParlance
- definition filled with wonder and delight
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beguilement in CommonParlance
- definition magnetic personal charm
- definition an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations
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beguiler in CommonParlance
- definition someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
- definition a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
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beguiling in CommonParlance
- definition highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
- definition misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods
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beguine in CommonParlance
- definition music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
- definition a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
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begum in CommonParlance
- definition a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan
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behalf in CommonParlance
- definition as the agent of or on someone's part (usually expressed as ‘on behalf of’ rather than ‘in behalf of’)
- definition for someone's benefit (usually expressed as ‘in behalf’ rather than ‘on behalf’ and usually with a possessive)
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behave in CommonParlance
- definition behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- definition behave well or properly