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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chant in CommonParlance
- definition a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
- definition recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
- definition utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
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chant notation in CommonParlance
- definition musical notation for Gregorian chant, traditionally written using neumes.
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chantarelle in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
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chanted in CommonParlance
- definition sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone
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chanter in CommonParlance
- definition reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
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chanterelle in CommonParlance
- definition widely distributed edible mushroom rich yellow in color with a smooth cap and a pleasant apricot aroma
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chantey in CommonParlance
- definition a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
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chanting in CommonParlance
- definition the act of singing in a monotonous tone
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chantlike in CommonParlance
- definition uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
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chantry in CommonParlance
- definition an endowment for the singing of Masses
- definition a chapel endowed for singing Masses for the soul of the donor
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chanty in CommonParlance
- definition a rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors
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chaos in CommonParlance
- definition a state of extreme confusion and disorder
- definition the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
- definition (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions
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chaotic in CommonParlance
- definition lacking a visible order or organization
- definition completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
- definition of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
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chaotic attractor in CommonParlance
- definition an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
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chaotically in CommonParlance
- definition in a wild and confused manner
- definition in a manner suggestive of chaos
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chap in CommonParlance
- definition a boy or man
- definition a long narrow depression in a surface
- definition a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
- definition (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs
- definition crack due to dehydration
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chaparral in CommonParlance
- definition dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
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chaparral broom in CommonParlance
- definition widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
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chaparral cock in CommonParlance
- definition speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas
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chaparral mallow in CommonParlance
- definition shrub of coastal ranges of California and Baja California having hairy branches and spikes of numerous mauve flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sphaeralcea
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chaparral pea in CommonParlance
- definition spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California
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chaparral sage in CommonParlance
- definition silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers
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chapati in CommonParlance
- definition flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle
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chapatti in CommonParlance
- definition flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle
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chapeau in CommonParlance
- definition headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim