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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canard in CommonParlance
- definition a deliberately misleading fabrication
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canary in CommonParlance
- definition having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
- definition someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- definition a female singer
- definition a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
- definition any of several small Old World finches
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canary bird in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small Old World finches
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canary creeper in CommonParlance
- definition a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries
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canary grass in CommonParlance
- definition Canary Islands grass; seeds used as feed for caged birds
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canary seed in CommonParlance
- definition a mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds
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canary whitewood in CommonParlance
- definition tall North American deciduous timber tree having large tulip-shaped greenish yellow flowers and conelike fruit; yields soft white woods used especially for cabinet work
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canary yellow in CommonParlance
- definition a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
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canary-yellow in CommonParlance
- definition having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow
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canarybird flower in CommonParlance
- definition a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries
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canarybird vine in CommonParlance
- definition a climber having flowers that are the color of canaries
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canasta in CommonParlance
- definition a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
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canavanine in CommonParlance
- definition an amino acid found in the jack bean
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cancan in CommonParlance
- definition a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
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cancel in CommonParlance
- definition a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- definition postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- definition make up for
- definition declare null and void; make ineffective
- definition remove or make invisible
- definition make invalid for use
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cancel out in CommonParlance
- definition wipe out the effect of something
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cancellate in CommonParlance
- definition having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
- definition having an open or latticed or porous structure
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cancellated in CommonParlance
- definition having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows
- definition having an open or latticed or porous structure
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cancellation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
- definition the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
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cancelled in CommonParlance
- definition (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
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cancellous in CommonParlance
- definition having an open or latticed or porous structure
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cancer in CommonParlance
- definition any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
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cancer body in CommonParlance
- definition an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer
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cancer cell in CommonParlance
- definition a cell that is part of a malignant tumor
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cancer drug in CommonParlance
- definition any of several drugs that control or kill neoplastic cells; used in chemotherapy to kill cancer cells; all have unpleasant side effects that may include nausea and vomiting and hair loss and suppression of bone marrow function