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.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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abort in CommonParlance
- definition the act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed
- definition terminate before completion
- definition cease development, die, and be aborted
- definition terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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aborticide in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
- definition the act of destroying a fetus
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abortifacient in CommonParlance
- definition causing abortion
- definition a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
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abortion in CommonParlance
- definition termination of pregnancy
- definition failure of a plan
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abortion pill in CommonParlance
- definition an abortion-inducing drug (trade name RU 486) developed in France; when taken during the first five weeks of pregnancy it blocks the action of progesterone so that the uterus sloughs off the embryo
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abortion-inducing drug in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
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abortionist in CommonParlance
- definition a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
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abortive in CommonParlance
- definition failing to accomplish an intended result
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abortively in CommonParlance
- definition in an unfruitful manner
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abortus in CommonParlance
- definition a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when removed or expelled from the mother's body
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aboulia in CommonParlance
- definition a loss of will power
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aboulic in CommonParlance
- definition suffering from abulia; showing abnormal inability to act or make decisions
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abound in CommonParlance
- definition be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities
- definition be in a state of movement or action
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abound in in CommonParlance
- definition exist in large quantity
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abounding in CommonParlance
- definition existing in abundance
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about in CommonParlance
- definition on the move
- definition (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- definition all around or on all sides
- definition in the area or vicinity
- definition used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- definition in or to a reversed position or direction
- definition in rotation or succession
- definition (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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about turn in CommonParlance
- definition act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
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about-face in CommonParlance
- definition act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
- definition a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
- definition turn, usually 180 degrees
- definition change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint
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above in CommonParlance
- definition appearing earlier in the same text
- definition an earlier section of a written text
- definition (in writing) at an earlier place
- definition in or to a place that is higher
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above all in CommonParlance
- definition above and beyond all other consideration
- definition taking everything together
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above-mentioned in CommonParlance
- definition mentioned or named earlier in the same text
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above-named in CommonParlance
- definition mentioned or named earlier in the same text
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aboveboard in CommonParlance
- definition without concealment or deception; honest
- definition in an honest manner
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aboveground in CommonParlance
- definition on or above the surface of the ground
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abracadabra in CommonParlance
- definition gibberish and nonsense