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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bemusement in CommonParlance
- definition confusion resulting from failure to understand
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ben in CommonParlance
- definition a mountain or tall hill
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bench in CommonParlance
- definition a long seat for more than one person
- definition a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- definition persons who administer justice
- definition a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- definition the reserve players on a team
- definition (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- definition the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- definition take out of a game; of players
- definition exhibit on a bench
- definition To lift a weight using a bench press
- definition To exercise using a bench press
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bench clamp in CommonParlance
- definition a clamp used to hold work in place on a workbench
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bench hook in CommonParlance
- definition any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)
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bench lathe in CommonParlance
- definition lathe mounted on a workbench
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bench mark in CommonParlance
- definition a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
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bench press in CommonParlance
- definition a weightlift in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward
- definition a small punch press mounted on a workbench
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bench vise in CommonParlance
- definition a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
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bench warmer in CommonParlance
- definition (sports) a substitute who seldom plays
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bench warrant in CommonParlance
- definition a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
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benchmark in CommonParlance
- definition a standard by which something can be measured or judged
- definition a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
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bend in CommonParlance
- definition a circular segment of a curve
- definition movement that causes the formation of a curve
- definition curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- definition an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- definition diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- definition form a curve
- definition change direction
- definition cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- definition bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- definition turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- definition bend a joint
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bend dexter in CommonParlance
- definition diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
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bend over backwards in CommonParlance
- definition try very hard to please someone
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bend sinister in CommonParlance
- definition a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
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bendability in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being easily bent without breaking
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bendable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
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benday in CommonParlance
- definition reproduce by the Benday process
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bended in CommonParlance
- definition used of the back and knees; stooped
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bender in CommonParlance
- definition a tool for bending
- definition revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
- definition a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
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bending in CommonParlance
- definition movement that causes the formation of a curve
- definition the property of being bent or deflected
- definition the act of bending something
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bends in CommonParlance
- definition pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
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bendy tree in CommonParlance
- definition pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds
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beneath in CommonParlance
- definition in or to a place that is lower