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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borderline schizophrenia in CommonParlance
- definition schizophrenia characterized by mild symptoms or by some preexisting tendency to schizophrenia
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bore in CommonParlance
- definition a person who evokes boredom
- definition a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
- definition diameter of a tube or gun barrel
- definition a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
- definition cause to be bored
- definition make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
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bore bit in CommonParlance
- definition a drill for penetrating rock
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bore-hole in CommonParlance
- definition a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
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boreal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or marked by qualities associated with the north wind
- definition toward or located in the north
- definition comprising or throughout far northern regions
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boreas in CommonParlance
- definition a wind that blows from the north
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borecole in CommonParlance
- definition a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
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bored in CommonParlance
- definition tired of the world
- definition uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
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boredom in CommonParlance
- definition the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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borer in CommonParlance
- definition a drill for penetrating rock
- definition any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood
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boric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or derived from or containing boron
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boric acid in CommonParlance
- definition a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative
- definition any of various acids containing boron and oxygen
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boring in CommonParlance
- definition so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
- definition the act of drilling
- definition the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
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boringly in CommonParlance
- definition in a tedious manner
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boringness in CommonParlance
- definition extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest
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born in CommonParlance
- definition brought into existence
- definition being talented through inherited qualities
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born-again in CommonParlance
- definition spiritually reborn or converted
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born-again Christian in CommonParlance
- definition a Christian who has experienced a dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus
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bornite in CommonParlance
- definition a mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits
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boron in CommonParlance
- definition a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
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boron chamber in CommonParlance
- definition an ionization chamber lined with boron or filled with boron trifluoride gas for counting low velocity neutrons
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boron counter tube in CommonParlance
- definition a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons
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boron fertiliser in CommonParlance
- definition a plant fertilizer which formula contains boron.
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boron fertilizer in CommonParlance
- definition a plant fertilizer which formula contains boron.
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boron nitride in CommonParlance
- definition a chemical compound with chemical formula BN, consisting of equal numbers of boron and nitrogen atoms.