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.
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buzz saw in CommonParlance
- definition a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle
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buzzard in CommonParlance
- definition a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
- definition the common European short-winged hawk
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buzzer in CommonParlance
- definition a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
- definition a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
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buzzing in CommonParlance
- definition noisy like the sound of a bee
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buzzword in CommonParlance
- definition stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
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by in CommonParlance
- definition so as to pass a given point
- definition in reserve; not for immediate use
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by a long shot in CommonParlance
- definition by a great deal
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by all means in CommonParlance
- definition definitely or certainly
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by all odds in CommonParlance
- definition without question and beyond doubt
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by and by in CommonParlance
- definition at some eventual time in the future
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by and large in CommonParlance
- definition usually; as a rule
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by artificial means in CommonParlance
- definition not according to nature; not by natural means
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by chance in CommonParlance
- definition through chance
- definition by accident
- definition without advance planning
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by choice in CommonParlance
- definition with intention; in an intentional manner
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by design in CommonParlance
- definition with intention; in an intentional manner
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by experimentation in CommonParlance
- definition in an experimental fashion
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by far in CommonParlance
- definition by a considerable margin
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by fits and starts in CommonParlance
- definition intermittently
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by hand in CommonParlance
- definition without the use of a machine
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by heart in CommonParlance
- definition by committing to memory
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by hook or by crook in CommonParlance
- definition in any way necessary; by any possible means
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by inches in CommonParlance
- definition by a short distance
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by luck in CommonParlance
- definition by accident
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by machine in CommonParlance
- definition with the use of a machine
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by memory in CommonParlance
- definition by committing to memory