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.

Propose an assessment

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.

Machine-readable purpose record

Child contexts

Science Proposed

Terms in this context

call attention in CommonParlance
- definition point out carefully and clearly
call back in CommonParlance
- definition cause to be returned
- definition recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- definition return or repeat a telephone call
- definition summon to return
call box in CommonParlance
- definition booth for using a telephone
- definition a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for
call center in CommonParlance
- definition a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)
call centre in CommonParlance
- definition a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers)
call down in CommonParlance
- definition summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
- definition censure severely or angrily
call fire in CommonParlance
- definition fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit
call for in CommonParlance
- definition express the need or desire for
- definition require as useful, just, or proper
- definition request the participation or presence of
- definition gather or collect
call forth in CommonParlance
- definition evoke or provoke to appear or occur
- definition summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
call forwarding in CommonParlance
- definition lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial direct
call girl in CommonParlance
- definition a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone
call in in CommonParlance
- definition summon to enter
- definition summon to a particular activity or employment
- definition pay a brief visit
- definition take a player out of a game in order to exchange for another player
- definition make a phone call
- definition demand payment of (a loan)
- definition cause to be returned
call into question in CommonParlance
- definition challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of
call it a day in CommonParlance
- definition stop doing what one is doing
call it quits in CommonParlance
- definition stop doing what one is doing
call loan in CommonParlance
- definition a loan that is repayable on demand
call mark in CommonParlance
- definition a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
call number in CommonParlance
- definition a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location
call off in CommonParlance
- definition postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- definition give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
call on in CommonParlance
- definition have recourse to or make an appeal or request for help or information to
- definition to visit someone, usually for a short time
call on the carpet in CommonParlance
- definition censure severely or angrily
call one's bluff in CommonParlance
- definition ask to prove what someone is claiming
call option in CommonParlance
- definition an option to buy
- definition the option to buy a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
call out in CommonParlance
- definition utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
- definition call out loudly, as of names or numbers
- definition challenge to a duel
call the shots in CommonParlance
- definition exercise authority or be in charge