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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c-note in CommonParlance
- definition a United States bill worth 100 dollars
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cDNA in CommonParlance
- definition single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
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ca-ca in CommonParlance
- definition have a bowel movement
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cab in CommonParlance
- definition a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
- definition small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood
- definition a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
- definition ride in a taxicab
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cab fare in CommonParlance
- definition the fare charged for riding in a taxicab
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cabal in CommonParlance
- definition a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
- definition a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
- definition engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
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cabala in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
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cabalism in CommonParlance
- definition adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation
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cabalist in CommonParlance
- definition a member of a cabal
- definition an expert who is highly skilled in obscure or difficult or esoteric matters
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cabalistic in CommonParlance
- definition having a secret or hidden meaning
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cabana in CommonParlance
- definition a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool
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cabaret in CommonParlance
- definition a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink
- definition a series of acts at a night club
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cabasset in CommonParlance
- definition a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century
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cabassous in CommonParlance
- definition naked-tailed armadillo of tropical South America
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cabbage in CommonParlance
- definition any of various types of cabbage
- definition informal terms for money
- definition any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers
- definition make off with belongings of others
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cabbage bark in CommonParlance
- definition tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
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cabbage butterfly in CommonParlance
- definition white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
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cabbage palm in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
- definition West Indian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- definition Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- definition Brazilian palm of genus Euterpe whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage when young
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cabbage palmetto in CommonParlance
- definition low-growing fan-leaved palm of coastal southern United States having edible leaf buds
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cabbage tree in CommonParlance
- definition Australian palm with leaf buds that are edible when young
- definition tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
- definition elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand
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cabbage-bark tree in CommonParlance
- definition tree with shaggy unpleasant-smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic
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cabbageworm in CommonParlance
- definition toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
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cabbala in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
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cabbalah in CommonParlance
- definition an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret
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cabby in CommonParlance
- definition someone who drives a taxi for a living