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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censorial in CommonParlance
- definition belonging or relating to a censor or a censor's functions
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censoring in CommonParlance
- definition counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- definition deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
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censorious in CommonParlance
- definition harshly critical or expressing censure
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censorship in CommonParlance
- definition counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- definition deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
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censurable in CommonParlance
- definition deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
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censure in CommonParlance
- definition harsh criticism or disapproval
- definition the state of being excommunicated
- definition rebuke formally
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census in CommonParlance
- definition a periodic count of the population
- definition conduct a census
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census suffrage in CommonParlance
- definition a system where the votes cast by those eligible to vote are not equal, but are weighed differently according to the person's rank in the census (e.g., people with high income have more votes than those with a small income).
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census taker in CommonParlance
- definition someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes
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cent in CommonParlance
- definition a fractional monetary unit of several countries
- definition a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit
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cental in CommonParlance
- definition a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
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centare in CommonParlance
- definition a unit of measurement for area, defined as the area of a square with sides of exactly 1 metre; a centiare is 1/100th of an are
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centas in CommonParlance
- definition 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania
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centaur in CommonParlance
- definition (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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centaury in CommonParlance
- definition any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
- definition any plant of the genus Centaurea
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centavo in CommonParlance
- definition a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal
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centenarian in CommonParlance
- definition being at least 100 years old
- definition someone who is at least 100 years old
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centenary in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
- definition the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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centennial in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years
- definition the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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centennially in CommonParlance
- definition every hundred years; once in a century
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center in CommonParlance
- definition equally distant from the extremes
- definition of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
- definition an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- definition the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- definition a building dedicated to a particular activity
- definition a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- definition the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- definition the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- definition a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- definition the middle of a military or naval formation
- definition (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- definition (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- definition a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- definition politically moderate persons; centrists
- definition (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- definition the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- definition mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- definition the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- definition (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- definition a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- definition center upon
- definition direct one's attention on something
- definition move into the center
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center bit in CommonParlance
- definition a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
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center field in CommonParlance
- definition the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- definition the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield
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center fielder in CommonParlance
- definition the person who plays center field
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center line in CommonParlance
- definition a line that bisects a plane figure