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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benedick in CommonParlance
- definition a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
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benedict in CommonParlance
- definition a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor)
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benedictine in CommonParlance
- definition a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks
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benediction in CommonParlance
- definition the act of praying for divine protection
- definition a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
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benedictive in CommonParlance
- definition expressing benediction
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benedictory in CommonParlance
- definition expressing benediction
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benefact in CommonParlance
- definition help as a benefactor
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benefaction in CommonParlance
- definition a contribution of money or assistance
- definition an act intending or showing kindness and good will
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benefactive role in CommonParlance
- definition the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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benefactor in CommonParlance
- definition a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)
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benefactress in CommonParlance
- definition a woman benefactor
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benefic in CommonParlance
- definition exerting a favorable or beneficent influence
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benefice in CommonParlance
- definition an endowed church office giving income to its holder
- definition endow with a benefice
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beneficed in CommonParlance
- definition having a benefice
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beneficence in CommonParlance
- definition doing good; feeling beneficent
- definition the quality of being kind or helpful or generous
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beneficent in CommonParlance
- definition doing or producing good
- definition generous in assistance to the poor
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beneficial in CommonParlance
- definition promoting or enhancing well-being
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beneficially in CommonParlance
- definition in a beneficial manner
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beneficiary in CommonParlance
- definition having or arising from a benefice
- definition the recipient of funds or other benefits
- definition the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
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beneficiate in CommonParlance
- definition process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction
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beneficiation in CommonParlance
- definition crushing and separating ore into valuable substances or waste by any of a variety of techniques
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benefit in CommonParlance
- definition financial assistance in time of need
- definition something that aids or promotes well-being
- definition a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- definition derive a benefit from
- definition be beneficial for
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benefit album in CommonParlance
- definition concept album compiling a performer's work or work supporting some worthy cause
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benefit concert in CommonParlance
- definition a concert given for the benefit of some charitable cause
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benefit of clergy in CommonParlance
- definition sanction by a religious rite