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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breeder in CommonParlance
- definition a person who breeds animals
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breeder reactor in CommonParlance
- definition a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns
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breeding in CommonParlance
- definition producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
- definition elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
- definition the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
- definition helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- definition the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
- definition the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
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breeding ground in CommonParlance
- definition a place where animals breed
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breeding season in CommonParlance
- definition The breeding season is the most suitable season, usually with favourable conditions and abundant food and water, for breeding.
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breeze in CommonParlance
- definition a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- definition any undertaking that is easy to do
- definition blow gently and lightly
- definition to proceed quickly and easily
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breeze block in CommonParlance
- definition a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate
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breeze through in CommonParlance
- definition succeed at easily
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breezily in CommonParlance
- definition in a breezy manner
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breeziness in CommonParlance
- definition a mildly windy state of the air
- definition a breezy liveliness
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breezy in CommonParlance
- definition fresh and animated
- definition abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
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bregma in CommonParlance
- definition the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium
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bregmatic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the bregma of the skull
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brent in CommonParlance
- definition small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
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brent goose in CommonParlance
- definition small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
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brethren in CommonParlance
- definition (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
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breve in CommonParlance
- definition a diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
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brevet in CommonParlance
- definition a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay)
- definition promote somebody by brevet, in the military
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breviary in CommonParlance
- definition (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited daily by certain priests and members of religious orders
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brevity in CommonParlance
- definition the use of brief expressions
- definition the attribute of being brief or fleeting
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brew in CommonParlance
- definition drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
- definition prepare by brewing
- definition sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor
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brewage in CommonParlance
- definition drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling
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brewer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who brews beer or ale from malt and hops and water
- definition the owner or manager of a brewery
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brewer's grain in CommonParlance
- definition the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process.
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brewer's mole in CommonParlance
- definition mole of eastern North America