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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A-team in CommonParlance
- definition a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization
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A. testudineus in CommonParlance
- definition a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air; has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land
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A.D. in CommonParlance
- definition in the Christian era; used before dates after the supposed year Christ was born
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A.M. in CommonParlance
- definition the period between midnight and noon
- definition before 12 noon
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A/C in CommonParlance
- definition an appliance designed to extract humidity from the air and thereby cool it
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A0 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 841 x 1189 mm.
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A1 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 594 x 841 mm.
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A2 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 420 x 594 mm
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A4 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 210 x 297 mm
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A5 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 148 x 210 mm
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A6 in CommonParlance
- definition Paper size, 105 x 148 mm
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AA in CommonParlance
- definition an international organization that provides a support group for persons trying to overcome alcoholism
- definition an associate degree in arts
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AAA in CommonParlance
- definition an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
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AAC in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight, precast, concrete building material invented in the mid-1920s that simultaneously provides structure, insulation, and fire- and mold-resistance.
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AARP in CommonParlance
- definition an association of people to promote the welfare of senior citizens
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AAS in CommonParlance
- definition an associate degree in applied science
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AAVE in CommonParlance
- definition a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
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AB in CommonParlance
- definition a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences
- definition the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens
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ABA transit number in CommonParlance
- definition an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
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ABC in CommonParlance
- definition a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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ABC's in CommonParlance
- definition a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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ABCs in CommonParlance
- definition a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
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ABLS in CommonParlance
- definition a bachelor's degree in library science
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ABM in CommonParlance
- definition a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
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ABO antibodies in CommonParlance
- definition blood type antibodies