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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beyond doubt in CommonParlance
- definition too obvious to be doubted
- definition in a manner or to a degree that could not be doubted
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beyond measure in CommonParlance
- definition in excess or without limit
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bezant in CommonParlance
- definition a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
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bezel in CommonParlance
- definition a sloping edge on a cutting tool
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bezique in CommonParlance
- definition a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist
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bezoar goat in CommonParlance
- definition wild goat of Iran and adjacent regions
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bezzant in CommonParlance
- definition a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in Europe in the Middle Ages
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bhakti in CommonParlance
- definition (Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and nirvana; open to all persons independent of caste or sex
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bhang in CommonParlance
- definition a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant; much used in India
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bi-fold door in CommonParlance
- definition an interior door
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bialy in CommonParlance
- definition flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
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bialystoker in CommonParlance
- definition flat crusty-bottomed onion roll
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biannual in CommonParlance
- definition occurring or payable twice each year
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biannually in CommonParlance
- definition twice a year
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bias in CommonParlance
- definition slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
- definition a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
- definition a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- definition influence in an unfair way
- definition cause to be biased
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biased in CommonParlance
- definition favoring one person or side over another
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biaural in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or having or hearing with two ears
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biauricular in CommonParlance
- definition relating to the two auditory openings
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biauriculate heart in CommonParlance
- definition a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles
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biaxal in CommonParlance
- definition having two axes
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biaxate in CommonParlance
- definition having two axes
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biaxial in CommonParlance
- definition having two axes
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bib in CommonParlance
- definition top part of an apron; covering the chest
- definition a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating
- definition drink moderately but regularly
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bib-and-tucker in CommonParlance
- definition an attractive outfit
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bibbed in CommonParlance
- definition having a bib