CommonParlance
Seed
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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abecedarian in CommonParlance
- definition alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
- definition a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
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abecedarius in CommonParlance
- definition a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order
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abed in CommonParlance
- definition in bed
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abele in CommonParlance
- definition a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
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abelia in CommonParlance
- definition any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico
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abelmosk in CommonParlance
- definition bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus
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aberrance in CommonParlance
- definition a state or condition markedly different from the norm
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aberrancy in CommonParlance
- definition a state or condition markedly different from the norm
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aberrant in CommonParlance
- definition markedly different from an accepted norm
- definition one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group
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aberrate in CommonParlance
- definition diverge from the expected
- definition diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration
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aberration in CommonParlance
- definition a state or condition markedly different from the norm
- definition a disorder in one's mental state
- definition an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
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abet in CommonParlance
- definition assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing
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abetalipoproteinemia in CommonParlance
- definition a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels
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abetment in CommonParlance
- definition the verbal act of urging on
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abettal in CommonParlance
- definition the verbal act of urging on
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abetter in CommonParlance
- definition one who helps or encourages or incites another
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abettor in CommonParlance
- definition one who helps or encourages or incites another
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abeyance in CommonParlance
- definition temporary cessation or suspension
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abeyant in CommonParlance
- definition inactive but capable of becoming active
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abfarad in CommonParlance
- definition a capacitance unit equal to one billion farads
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abhenry in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry
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abhor in CommonParlance
- definition find repugnant
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abhorrence in CommonParlance
- definition hate coupled with disgust
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abhorrent in CommonParlance
- definition offensive to the mind
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abhorrer in CommonParlance
- definition a signer of a 1679 address to Charles II in which those who petitioned for the reconvening of parliament were condemned and abhorred