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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choreographer in CommonParlance
- definition someone who creates new dances
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choreographic in CommonParlance
- definition of or concerned with choreography
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choreography in CommonParlance
- definition a show involving artistic dancing
- definition the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes
- definition a notation used by choreographers
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choric in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus
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chorine in CommonParlance
- definition a woman who dances in a chorus line
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chorioallantoic membrane in CommonParlance
- definition the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois
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chorioallantois in CommonParlance
- definition the very vascular fetal membrane composed of the fused chorion and adjacent wall of the allantois
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choriomeningitis in CommonParlance
- definition a cerebral meningitis with cellular infiltration of the meninges
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chorion in CommonParlance
- definition the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
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chorionic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a chorion
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chorionic villus in CommonParlance
- definition one of the tiny villi that stick out of the fetal chorion and combine with the mother's uterine tissue to form the placenta
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chorionic villus biopsy in CommonParlance
- definition a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
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chorionic villus sampling in CommonParlance
- definition a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
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chorioretinitis in CommonParlance
- definition inflammation of the choroid layer behind the retina
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chorister in CommonParlance
- definition a singer in a choir
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chorizo in CommonParlance
- definition a spicy Spanish pork sausage
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choroid in CommonParlance
- definition a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
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choroid coat in CommonParlance
- definition a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye
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choroid plexus in CommonParlance
- definition a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
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choroid vein in CommonParlance
- definition either of two veins serving the choroid coat of the eye
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choroidal artery in CommonParlance
- definition an artery that supplies the choroid plexus
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choropleth map in CommonParlance
- definition a map that uses graded differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas
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chortle in CommonParlance
- definition a soft partly suppressed laugh
- definition laugh quietly or with restraint
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chorus in CommonParlance
- definition any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
- definition a group of people assembled to sing together
- definition the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
- definition a body of dancers or singers who perform together
- definition a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
- definition utter in unison
- definition sing in a choir
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chorus frog in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small North American frogs having a loud call