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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a little in CommonParlance
- definition to a small degree; somewhat
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a lot in CommonParlance
- definition to a very great degree or extent
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a million times in CommonParlance
- definition by a factor of a million
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a posteriori in CommonParlance
- definition involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes
- definition requiring evidence for validation or support
- definition derived from observed facts
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a priori in CommonParlance
- definition involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
- definition based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- definition derived by logic, without observed facts
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a trifle in CommonParlance
- definition to a small degree; somewhat
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a-ok in CommonParlance
- definition in perfect condition or order
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a-okay in CommonParlance
- definition in perfect condition or order
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a.k.a. in CommonParlance
- definition as known or named at another time or place
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a.m. in CommonParlance
- definition the period between midnight and noon
- definition before 12 noon
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aa in CommonParlance
- definition a dry form of lava resembling clinkers
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aah in CommonParlance
- definition express admiration and pleasure by uttering ‘ooh’ or ‘aah’
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aalii in CommonParlance
- definition a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
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aardvark in CommonParlance
- definition nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
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aardwolf in CommonParlance
- definition striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
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ab in CommonParlance
- definition the muscles of the abdomen
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ab initio in CommonParlance
- definition at the beginning
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aba in CommonParlance
- definition a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs
- definition a fabric woven from goat hair and camel hair
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abaca in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines
- definition Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc
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abacinate in CommonParlance
- definition blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
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aback in CommonParlance
- definition having the wind against the forward side of the sails
- definition by surprise
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abactinal in CommonParlance
- definition (of radiate animals) located on the surface or end opposite to that on which the mouth is situated
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abacus in CommonParlance
- definition a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
- definition a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
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abaft in CommonParlance
- definition at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
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abalone in CommonParlance
- definition any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior