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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career girl in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who is a careerist
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career man in CommonParlance
- definition a man who is a careerist
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career woman in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who is a careerist
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careerism in CommonParlance
- definition the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
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careerist in CommonParlance
- definition a professional who is intent on furthering their career by any possible means and often at the expense of their own integrity
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carefree in CommonParlance
- definition free of trouble and worry and care
- definition cheerfully irresponsible
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carefreeness in CommonParlance
- definition the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you
- definition the trait of being without worry or responsibility
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careful in CommonParlance
- definition exercising caution or showing care or attention
- definition cautiously attentive
- definition unhurried and with care and dignity
- definition full of cares or anxiety
- definition mindful of the future in spending money
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carefully in CommonParlance
- definition taking care or paying attention
- definition as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
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carefulness in CommonParlance
- definition the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger
- definition the quality of being careful and painstaking
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caregiver in CommonParlance
- definition a person who helps in identifying or preventing or treating illness or disability
- definition a person who is responsible for attending to the needs of a child or dependent adult
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careless in CommonParlance
- definition marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
- definition effortless and unstudied
- definition (usually followed by ‘of’) without due thought or consideration
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carelessly in CommonParlance
- definition without care or concern
- definition without caution or prudence
- definition in a rakish manner
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carelessness in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of not being careful or taking pains
- definition failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
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caress in CommonParlance
- definition a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)
- definition touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner
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caressing in CommonParlance
- definition affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
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caret in CommonParlance
- definition a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
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caretaker in CommonParlance
- definition a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)
- definition an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily
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careworn in CommonParlance
- definition showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
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carfare in CommonParlance
- definition the fare charged for riding a bus or streetcar
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carful in CommonParlance
- definition the quantity that a car will hold
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cargo in CommonParlance
- definition goods carried by a large vehicle
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cargo area in CommonParlance
- definition the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
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cargo container in CommonParlance
- definition a large container for freight
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cargo cult in CommonParlance
- definition (Melanesia) the followers of one of several millenarian cults that believe salvation will come in the form of wealth (‘cargo’) brought by westerners; some ascribe divine attributes to westerners on first contact (especially to missionaries)
- definition a religious cult that anticipates a time of joy, serenity, and justice when salvation comes