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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checker in CommonParlance
- definition an attendant who checks coats or baggage
- definition one who checks the correctness of something
- definition one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
- definition mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- definition variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
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checker board in CommonParlance
- definition a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
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checkerberry in CommonParlance
- definition creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil
- definition spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil
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checkerbloom in CommonParlance
- definition perennial purple-flowered wild mallow of western North America that is also cultivated
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checkerboard in CommonParlance
- definition a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
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checkered in CommonParlance
- definition patterned with alternating squares of color
- definition marked by changeable fortune
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checkered adder in CommonParlance
- definition nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
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checkered daffodil in CommonParlance
- definition Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
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checkered lily in CommonParlance
- definition any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
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checkered whiptail in CommonParlance
- definition markings are darker and more marked than in western whiptail; from southeastern Colorado to eastern Chihuahua
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checkers in CommonParlance
- definition a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
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checking account in CommonParlance
- definition a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand
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checking program in CommonParlance
- definition a program that examines other computer programs for syntax errors
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checklist in CommonParlance
- definition a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted
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checkmate in CommonParlance
- definition complete victory
- definition a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- definition place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
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checkout in CommonParlance
- definition the act of inspecting or verifying
- definition the latest time for vacating a hotel room
- definition a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases
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checkout counter in CommonParlance
- definition a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases
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checkout line in CommonParlance
- definition a queue of people waiting to pay for purchases
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checkout time in CommonParlance
- definition the latest time for vacating a hotel room
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checkpoint in CommonParlance
- definition a place (as at a frontier) where travellers are stopped for inspection and clearance
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checkrein in CommonParlance
- definition a rein designed to keep the horse's head in the desired position
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checkroom in CommonParlance
- definition a room where baggage or parcels are checked
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checkrow in CommonParlance
- definition plant in checkrows
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checksum in CommonParlance
- definition a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage
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checkup in CommonParlance
- definition a thorough physical examination; includes a variety of tests depending on the age and sex and health of the person