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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calefactive in CommonParlance
- definition serving to heat
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calefactory in CommonParlance
- definition serving to heat
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calendar in CommonParlance
- definition a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
- definition a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc.)
- definition a tabular array of the days (usually for one year)
- definition enter into a calendar
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calendar day in CommonParlance
- definition a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
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calendar method in CommonParlance
- definition natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
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calendar method of birth control in CommonParlance
- definition natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
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calendar month in CommonParlance
- definition one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
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calendar week in CommonParlance
- definition a period of seven consecutive days (usually reckoned to be from Sunday to Saturday, or from Monday to Sunday)
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calendar year in CommonParlance
- definition the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
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calender in CommonParlance
- definition a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
- definition press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets
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calendered in CommonParlance
- definition (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers
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calendric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement
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calendrical in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characteristic of or used in a calendar or time measurement
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calendula in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous chiefly annual herbs of the genus Calendula widely cultivated for their yellow or orange flowers; often used for medicinal and culinary purposes
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calf in CommonParlance
- definition young of domestic cattle
- definition the muscular back part of the shank
- definition fine leather from the skin of a calf
- definition young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
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calf bone in CommonParlance
- definition the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
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calf love in CommonParlance
- definition temporary love of an adolescent
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calf roping in CommonParlance
- definition capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet
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calf's brain in CommonParlance
- definition the brain of a calf eaten as meat
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calf's liver in CommonParlance
- definition liver of a calf used as meat
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calf's tongue in CommonParlance
- definition the tongue of a calf eaten as meat
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calf's-foot jelly in CommonParlance
- definition a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
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calfskin in CommonParlance
- definition fine leather from the skin of a calf
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caliber in CommonParlance
- definition a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- definition diameter of a tube or gun barrel
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calibrate in CommonParlance
- definition make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- definition mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
- definition measure the caliber of