CommonParlance
Seed
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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bicyclic in CommonParlance
- definition having molecules consisting of two fused rings
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bicycling in CommonParlance
- definition riding a bicycle
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bicyclist in CommonParlance
- definition a person who rides a bicycle
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bicylindrical in CommonParlance
- definition having two cylindrical surfaces usually with parallel axes
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bid in CommonParlance
- definition an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- definition an attempt to get something
- definition a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
- definition (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
- definition propose a payment
- definition invoke upon
- definition ask for or request earnestly
- definition make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
- definition make a serious effort to attain something
- definition ask someone in a friendly way to do something
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bid price in CommonParlance
- definition (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security
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biddable in CommonParlance
- definition willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
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bidder in CommonParlance
- definition someone who makes an offer
- definition someone who makes a bid at cards
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bidding in CommonParlance
- definition an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- definition a request to be present
- definition (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
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bidding contest in CommonParlance
- definition a series of competing bids
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biddy in CommonParlance
- definition adult female chicken
- definition young bird especially of domestic fowl
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bide in CommonParlance
- definition dwell
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bidentate in CommonParlance
- definition having toothlike projections that are themselves toothed
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bidet in CommonParlance
- definition a basin for washing genitals and anal area
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bidet tap in CommonParlance
- definition A tap that provides water for a bidet.
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bidirectional in CommonParlance
- definition reactive or functioning or allowing movement in two usually opposite directions
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biennial in CommonParlance
- definition having a life cycle lasting two seasons
- definition occurring every second year
- definition (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
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biennially in CommonParlance
- definition every two years
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bier in CommonParlance
- definition a coffin along with its stand
- definition a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
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biface in CommonParlance
- definition having two faces or fronts
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bifacial in CommonParlance
- definition having two faces or fronts
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biff in CommonParlance
- definition (boxing) a blow with the fist
- definition strike, usually with the fist
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bifid in CommonParlance
- definition divided into two lobes
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bifilar in CommonParlance
- definition having or using two filaments
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biflagellate in CommonParlance
- definition having two flagella