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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central vision in CommonParlance
- definition vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field
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central vowel in CommonParlance
- definition (linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.
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centralisation in CommonParlance
- definition the act of consolidating power under a central control
- definition gathering to a center
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centralise in CommonParlance
- definition make central
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centralised in CommonParlance
- definition drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
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centralising in CommonParlance
- definition tending to draw to a central point
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centralism in CommonParlance
- definition the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization
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centralist in CommonParlance
- definition advocating centralization
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centralistic in CommonParlance
- definition advocating centralization
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centrality in CommonParlance
- definition the property of being central
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centralization in CommonParlance
- definition the act of consolidating power under a central control
- definition gathering to a center
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centralize in CommonParlance
- definition make central
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centralized in CommonParlance
- definition drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority
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centralizing in CommonParlance
- definition tending to draw to a central point
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centrally in CommonParlance
- definition in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function
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centrarchid in CommonParlance
- definition small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed
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centre in CommonParlance
- 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 a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- definition a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- definition the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- 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 a building dedicated to a particular activity
- definition a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- definition (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- definition the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- definition politically moderate persons; centrists
- definition the middle of a military or naval formation
- definition (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- definition (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- definition (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- definition the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- 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 equally distant from the extremes
- definition move into the center
- definition direct one's attention on something
- definition center upon
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centre bit in CommonParlance
- definition a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters
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centre of attention in CommonParlance
- definition the object upon which interest and attention focuses
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centre of buoyancy in CommonParlance
- definition (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
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centre of curvature in CommonParlance
- definition the center of the circle of curvature
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centre of flotation in CommonParlance
- definition the center of gravity of a floating object
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centre of gravity in CommonParlance
- definition the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass
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centre of immersion in CommonParlance
- definition (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object
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centre of mass in CommonParlance
- definition point representing the mean position of the matter in a body