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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Carelian in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
- definition a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia
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Carelian language in CommonParlance
- definition a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia
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Caretta caretta in CommonParlance
- definition very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide-ranging in warm open seas
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Carex arenaria in CommonParlance
- definition European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
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Carex pseudocyperus in CommonParlance
- definition tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
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Cariama cristata in CommonParlance
- definition Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
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Carib in CommonParlance
- definition a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
- definition the family of languages spoken by the Carib
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Carib Indian in CommonParlance
- definition a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
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Caribbean island in CommonParlance
- definition an island in the Caribbean Sea
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Caribbean language in CommonParlance
- definition the family of languages spoken by the Carib
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Carica papaya in CommonParlance
- definition tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
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Carioca in CommonParlance
- definition a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro
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Carissa bispinosa in CommonParlance
- definition South African shrub having forked spines and plumlike fruit; frequently used as hedging
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Carissa grandiflora in CommonParlance
- definition very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves
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Carissa macrocarpa in CommonParlance
- definition very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves
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Carlina acaulis in CommonParlance
- definition stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
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Carlina vulgaris in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
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Carling float in CommonParlance
- definition a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
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Carlovingian in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Carolingian dynasty
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Carlovingian dynasty in CommonParlance
- definition a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987
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Carmelite in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to the Carmelite friars
- definition a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers
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Carmelite order in CommonParlance
- definition a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
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Carnegiea gigantea in CommonParlance
- definition extremely large treelike cactus of desert regions of southwestern United States having a thick columnar sparsely branched trunk bearing white flowers and edible red pulpy fruit
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Carniolan bee in CommonParlance
- definition greyish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition
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Carnot cycle in CommonParlance
- definition a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat