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
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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brad in CommonParlance
- definition a small nail
- definition fasten with brads
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bradawl in CommonParlance
- definition an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws
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bradycardia in CommonParlance
- definition abnormally slow heartbeat
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brae in CommonParlance
- definition a slope or hillside
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brag in CommonParlance
- definition exceptionally good
- definition an instance of boastful talk
- definition show off
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braggadocio in CommonParlance
- definition vain and empty boasting
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braggart in CommonParlance
- definition exhibiting self-importance
- definition a very boastful and talkative person
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bragger in CommonParlance
- definition a very boastful and talkative person
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bragging in CommonParlance
- definition exhibiting self-importance
- definition an instance of boastful talk
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braggy in CommonParlance
- definition exhibiting self-importance
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brahman in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
- definition a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
- definition the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
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brahmin in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)
- definition a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas
- definition the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
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brahminic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin
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brahminical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of a brahmin
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braid in CommonParlance
- definition a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
- definition trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
- definition make by braiding or interlacing
- definition decorate with braids or ribbons
- definition form or weave into a braid or braids
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braided in CommonParlance
- definition woven by (or as if by) braiding
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braiding in CommonParlance
- definition trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains
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brail in CommonParlance
- definition a small net used to draw fish into a boat
- definition a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
- definition take in a sail with a brail
- definition haul fish aboard with brails
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braille in CommonParlance
- definition a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
- definition transcribe in braille
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brain in CommonParlance
- definition that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
- definition mental ability
- definition that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
- definition someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
- definition the brain of certain animals used as meat
- definition hit on the head
- definition kill by smashing someone's skull
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brain cell in CommonParlance
- definition a nerve cell in the brain
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brain coral in CommonParlance
- definition massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface
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brain damage in CommonParlance
- definition injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc.
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brain dead in CommonParlance
- definition having irreversible loss of brain function as indicated by a persistent flat electroencephalogram
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brain death in CommonParlance
- definition death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops