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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abattis in CommonParlance
- definition a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy
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abattoir in CommonParlance
- definition a building where animals are butchered
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abaxial in CommonParlance
- definition facing away from the axis of an organ or organism
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abaxially in CommonParlance
- definition in an abaxial manner
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abaya in CommonParlance
- definition (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women
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abbacy in CommonParlance
- definition the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
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abbatial in CommonParlance
- definition of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
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abbe in CommonParlance
- definition a French abbot
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abbess in CommonParlance
- definition the superior of a group of nuns
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abbey in CommonParlance
- definition a church associated with a monastery or convent
- definition a convent ruled by an abbess
- definition a monastery ruled by an abbot
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abbot in CommonParlance
- definition the superior of an abbey of monks
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abbreviate in CommonParlance
- definition reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- definition shorten
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abbreviated in CommonParlance
- definition (of clothing) very short
- definition cut short in duration
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abbreviation in CommonParlance
- definition a shortened form of a word or phrase
- definition shortening something by omitting parts of it
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abbreviator in CommonParlance
- definition one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work
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abcoulomb in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs
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abdicable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being discarded or renounced or relinquished
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abdicate in CommonParlance
- definition give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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abdication in CommonParlance
- definition a formal resignation and renunciation of powers
- definition the act of abdicating
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abdicator in CommonParlance
- definition one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility
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abdomen in CommonParlance
- definition the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- definition the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm
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abdominal in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or near the abdomen
- definition the muscles of the abdomen
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abdominal actinomycosis in CommonParlance
- definition a serious form of actinomycosis that affects the abdomen
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abdominal aorta in CommonParlance
- definition a branch of the descending aorta
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abdominal aortic aneurysm in CommonParlance
- definition an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension