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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call the tune in CommonParlance
- definition exercise authority or be in charge
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call to order in CommonParlance
- definition open formally
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call up in CommonParlance
- definition an order to report for military duty
- definition bring forward for consideration
- definition get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
- definition recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- definition cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
- definition call to arms; of military personnel
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call waiting in CommonParlance
- definition a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone
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call-back in CommonParlance
- definition a return call
- definition the recall of an employee after a layoff
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call-board in CommonParlance
- definition a bulletin board backstage in a theater
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call-in in CommonParlance
- definition a telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program
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call-out in CommonParlance
- definition a challenge to a fight or duel
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calla in CommonParlance
- definition South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
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calla lily in CommonParlance
- definition South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
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callable in CommonParlance
- definition subject to a demand for payment before due date
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callathump in CommonParlance
- definition a noisy boisterous parade
- definition a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
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callback in CommonParlance
- definition a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
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caller in CommonParlance
- definition providing coolness
- definition fresh
- definition a social or business visitor
- definition an investor who buys a call option
- definition the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
- definition a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
- definition someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- definition the person who convenes a meeting
- definition the person initiating a telephone call
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caller ID in CommonParlance
- definition a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you
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caller-out in CommonParlance
- definition a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
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caller-up in CommonParlance
- definition the person initiating a telephone call
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calliandra in CommonParlance
- definition any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers
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calligraph in CommonParlance
- definition write beautifully and ornamentally
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calligrapher in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled in penmanship
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calligraphic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy
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calligraphical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or expressed in calligraphy
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calligraphist in CommonParlance
- definition someone skilled in penmanship
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calligraphy in CommonParlance
- definition beautiful handwriting
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calling in CommonParlance
- definition the particular occupation for which you are trained