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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blighted in CommonParlance
- definition affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
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blighter in CommonParlance
- definition a persistently annoying person
- definition a boy or man
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blighty wound in CommonParlance
- definition a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad
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blimp in CommonParlance
- definition a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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blimpish in CommonParlance
- definition pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic
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blind in CommonParlance
- definition unable to see
- definition unable or unwilling to perceive or understand
- definition not based on reason or evidence
- definition people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
- definition a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)
- definition a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- definition something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
- definition render unable to see
- definition make blind by putting the eyes out
- definition make dim by comparison or conceal
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blind alley in CommonParlance
- definition a street with only one way in or out
- definition (figurative) a course of action that is unproductive and offers no hope of improvement
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blind axle in CommonParlance
- definition an axle which turns but does not communicate motion.
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blind bend in CommonParlance
- definition a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving
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blind corner in CommonParlance
- definition a street corner that you cannot see around as you are driving
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blind curve in CommonParlance
- definition a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving
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blind date in CommonParlance
- definition a participant in a blind date (someone you meet for the first time when you have a date with them)
- definition a date with a stranger
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blind drunk in CommonParlance
- definition very drunk
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blind eel in CommonParlance
- definition aquatic eel-shaped salamander having two pairs of very small feet; of still muddy waters in the southern United States
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blind flying in CommonParlance
- definition using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
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blind gentian in CommonParlance
- definition similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers
- definition gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
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blind gut in CommonParlance
- definition the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens
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blind landing in CommonParlance
- definition using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
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blind person in CommonParlance
- definition a person with a severe visual impairment
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blind side in CommonParlance
- definition the side on which your vision is limited or obstructed
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blind snake in CommonParlance
- definition wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
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blind spot in CommonParlance
- definition a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
- definition the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light
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blind staggers in CommonParlance
- definition a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
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blind stitch machine in CommonParlance
- definition a sewing machine for joining two pieces of fabric so that the stitch thread is invisible, or nearly invisible.
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blind stitching in CommonParlance
- definition stitching that is not easily seen or noticed