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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betrayal in CommonParlance
- definition an act of deliberate betrayal
- definition the quality of aiding an enemy
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betrayer in CommonParlance
- definition one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- definition a person who says one thing and does another
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betroth in CommonParlance
- definition give to in marriage
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betrothal in CommonParlance
- definition a mutual promise to marry
- definition the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
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betrothed in CommonParlance
- definition pledged to be married
- definition the person to whom you are engaged
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better in CommonParlance
- definition (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
- definition (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness
- definition (comparative and superlative of ‘well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
- definition more than half
- definition something superior in quality or condition or effect
- definition someone who bets
- definition a superior person having claim to precedence
- definition the superior one of two alternatives
- definition comparative of ‘well’; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.
- definition from a position of superiority or authority
- definition surpass in excellence
- definition to make better
- definition get better
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better half in CommonParlance
- definition a person's partner in marriage
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better off in CommonParlance
- definition in a more fortunate or prosperous condition
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better-known in CommonParlance
- definition more familiar or renowned than the other of two
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better-looking in CommonParlance
- definition pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
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bettering in CommonParlance
- definition changing for the better
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betterment in CommonParlance
- definition a change for the better; progress in development
- definition an improvement that adds to the value of a property or facility
- definition the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
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betting in CommonParlance
- definition preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
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betting odds in CommonParlance
- definition the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
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betting shop in CommonParlance
- definition a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
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bettong in CommonParlance
- definition short-nosed rat kangaroo
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bettor in CommonParlance
- definition someone who bets
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betulaceous in CommonParlance
- definition of or pertaining to or characteristic of trees of the birch family
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between in CommonParlance
- definition in the interval
- definition in between
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between decks in CommonParlance
- definition in the space between decks, on a ship
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betweenbrain in CommonParlance
- definition the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
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betwixt in CommonParlance
- definition in the interval
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beurre noisette in CommonParlance
- definition clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers
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bevatron in CommonParlance
- definition a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
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bevel in CommonParlance
- definition two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- definition a hand tool consisting of two rules that are hinged together so you can draw or measure angles of any size
- definition cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel