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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challenge in CommonParlance
- definition a demanding or stimulating situation
- definition a call to engage in a contest or fight
- definition questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
- definition a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
- definition a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
- definition take exception to
- definition issue a challenge to
- definition ask for identification
- definition raise a formal objection in a court of law
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challengeable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of being challenged
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challenger in CommonParlance
- definition the contestant you hope to defeat
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challenging in CommonParlance
- definition requiring full use of your abilities or resources
- definition stimulating interest or thought
- definition disturbingly provocative
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challis in CommonParlance
- definition a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
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chalybeate in CommonParlance
- definition containing or impregnated with or tasting of iron
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chalybite in CommonParlance
- definition iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate
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chamaeleon in CommonParlance
- definition lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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chamarre in CommonParlance
- definition a fur-lined coat decorated with braid, worn in the sixteenth century.
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chamber in CommonParlance
- definition a natural or artificial enclosed space
- definition an enclosed volume in the body
- definition a room where a judge transacts business
- definition a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly
- definition a room used primarily for sleeping
- definition place in a chamber
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chamber music in CommonParlance
- definition serious music performed by a small group of musicians
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chamber of commerce in CommonParlance
- definition an association of businessmen to protect and promote business interests
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chamber orchestra in CommonParlance
- definition small orchestra; usually plays classical music
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chambered in CommonParlance
- definition having compartmental chambers
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chambered nautilus in CommonParlance
- definition cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions
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chamberlain in CommonParlance
- definition the treasurer of a municipal corporation
- definition an officer who manages the household of a king or nobleman
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chambermaid in CommonParlance
- definition a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
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chamberpot in CommonParlance
- definition a receptacle for urination or defecation in the bedroom
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chambray in CommonParlance
- definition a lightweight fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp
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chameleon in CommonParlance
- definition a changeable or inconstant person
- definition lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue
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chameleon tree frog in CommonParlance
- definition a form of tree toad
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chamfer in CommonParlance
- definition two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
- definition cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel
- definition cut a furrow into a column
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chamfer bit in CommonParlance
- definition a bit that is used for beveling
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chamfer plane in CommonParlance
- definition a plane that makes a beveled edge
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chamfron in CommonParlance
- definition medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head