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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calling card in CommonParlance
- definition a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
- definition a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- definition a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
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calling into question in CommonParlance
- definition a challenge to defend what someone has said
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calling together in CommonParlance
- definition the act of convoking
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calliope in CommonParlance
- definition a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
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calliopsis in CommonParlance
- definition North American annual widely cultivated for its yellow flowers with purple-red to brownish centers; in some classifications placed in a subgenus Calliopsis
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calliper in CommonParlance
- definition an instrument for measuring the distance between two points
- definition measure the diameter of something with calipers
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callipygian in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
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callipygous in CommonParlance
- definition pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks
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callisthenics in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of calisthenic exercises
- definition light exercises designed to promote general fitness
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callithump 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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callithump parade in CommonParlance
- definition a noisy boisterous parade
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callithumpian in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a callithump
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callosectomy in CommonParlance
- definition severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
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callosity in CommonParlance
- definition an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- definition devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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callosotomy in CommonParlance
- definition severing the corpus callosum so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted (in cases of severe intractable epilepsy)
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callous in CommonParlance
- definition emotionally hardened
- definition having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
- definition make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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calloused in CommonParlance
- definition having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through wear
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callously in CommonParlance
- definition in a callous way
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callousness in CommonParlance
- definition devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
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callow in CommonParlance
- definition young and inexperienced
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callowness in CommonParlance
- definition lacking and evidencing lack of experience of life
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callus in CommonParlance
- definition an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)
- definition bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
- definition (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
- definition cause a callus to form on
- definition form a callus or calluses
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calm in CommonParlance
- definition not agitated; without losing self-possession
- definition (of weather) free from storm or wind
- definition steadiness of mind under stress
- definition wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
- definition make calm or still
- definition make steady
- definition become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- definition cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
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calm air in CommonParlance
- definition wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale
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calm down in CommonParlance
- definition become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation
- definition make calm or still
- definition become quiet or less intensive