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
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Terms in this context
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casaba melon in CommonParlance
- definition melon having yellowish rind and whitish flesh
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casava in CommonParlance
- definition any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
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casbah in CommonParlance
- definition an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa; the quarter in which the citadel is located
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cascabel in CommonParlance
- definition a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh
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cascade in CommonParlance
- definition a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- definition a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
- definition a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
- definition rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
- definition arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
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cascade down in CommonParlance
- definition rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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cascade everlasting in CommonParlance
- definition shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum
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cascade liquefier in CommonParlance
- definition an apparatus used to liquefy air or oxygen etc.
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cascade penstemon in CommonParlance
- definition whorls of deep blue to dark purple flowers at tips of erect leafy stems; moist places from British Columbia to Oregon
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cascade transformer in CommonParlance
- definition a number of transformers in series; provides a high-voltage source
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cascades frog in CommonParlance
- definition mountain frog found near water; of United States Northwest to California
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cascading menu in CommonParlance
- definition a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu
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cascara in CommonParlance
- definition dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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cascara buckthorn in CommonParlance
- definition shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States; yields cascara sagrada
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cascara sagrada in CommonParlance
- definition dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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cascarilla in CommonParlance
- definition West Indian shrub with aromatic bark
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cascarilla bark in CommonParlance
- definition aromatic bark of cascarilla; used as a tonic and for making incense
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case in CommonParlance
- definition an occurrence of something
- definition a special set of circumstances
- definition a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
- definition the actual state of things
- definition a portable container for carrying several objects
- definition a person requiring professional services
- definition a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- definition a problem requiring investigation
- definition a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
- definition the quantity contained in a case
- definition nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- definition a specific state of mind that is temporary
- definition a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- definition a specific size and style of type within a type family
- definition an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
- definition the housing or outer covering of something
- definition the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- definition (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has their type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
- definition bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- definition a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- definition look over, usually with the intention to rob
- definition enclose in, or as if in, a case
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case agreement in CommonParlance
- definition agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction
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case history in CommonParlance
- definition detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment
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case in point in CommonParlance
- definition an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
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case knife in CommonParlance
- definition a metal blade with a handle; used as cutlery
- definition a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath
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case law in CommonParlance
- definition a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- definition (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
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case load in CommonParlance
- definition the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency)
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case officer in CommonParlance
- definition an operative who also serves as an official staffer of an intelligence service