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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bereft in CommonParlance
- definition unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love
- definition sorrowful through loss or deprivation
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beret in CommonParlance
- definition a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth
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berg in CommonParlance
- definition a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
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bergall in CommonParlance
- definition common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
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bergamot in CommonParlance
- definition small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
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bergamot mint in CommonParlance
- definition perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
- definition mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange
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bergamot orange in CommonParlance
- definition small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy
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bergenia in CommonParlance
- definition any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms
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beriberi in CommonParlance
- definition avitaminosis caused by lack of thiamine (vitamin B1)
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berk in CommonParlance
- definition a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of
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berkelium in CommonParlance
- definition a radioactive transuranic element; discovered by bombarding americium with helium
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berlin in CommonParlance
- definition a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats
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berm in CommonParlance
- definition a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
- definition a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
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beroe in CommonParlance
- definition delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores
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berretta in CommonParlance
- definition a stiff cap with ridges across the crown; worn by Roman Catholic clergy
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berried in CommonParlance
- definition producing or bearing berries
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berry in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
- definition a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
- definition pick or gather berries
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berry fern in CommonParlance
- definition North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets
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berrylike in CommonParlance
- definition resembling a berry
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berserk in CommonParlance
- definition wildly frenzied and out of control
- definition one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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berserker in CommonParlance
- definition one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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berth in CommonParlance
- definition a job in an organization
- definition a place where a craft can be made fast
- definition a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers
- definition provide with a berth
- definition secure in or as if in a berth or dock
- definition come into or dock at a wharf
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beryl in CommonParlance
- definition the chief source of beryllium; colored transparent varieties are valued as gems
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beryllium in CommonParlance
- definition a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
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beryllium bronze in CommonParlance
- definition a copper-base alloy containing beryllium