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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circuitous in CommonParlance
- definition marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
- definition deviating from a straight course
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circuitousness in CommonParlance
- definition The state of being roundabout, indirect or not to the point.
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circuitry in CommonParlance
- definition electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits
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circular in CommonParlance
- definition having the shape or form of a circle
- definition describing a circle; moving in a circle
- definition an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution
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circular file in CommonParlance
- definition a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
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circular function in CommonParlance
- definition function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
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circular measure in CommonParlance
- definition measurement of angles in radians
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circular plane in CommonParlance
- definition a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces
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circular saw in CommonParlance
- definition a power saw that has a steel disk with cutting teeth on the periphery; rotates on a spindle
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circular-knit in CommonParlance
- definition knitted in tubular form
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circularisation in CommonParlance
- definition circulating printed notices as a means of advertising
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circularise in CommonParlance
- definition canvass by distributing letters
- definition distribute circulars to
- definition cause to become widely known
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circularity in CommonParlance
- definition the roundness of a 2-dimensional figure
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circularization in CommonParlance
- definition circulating printed notices as a means of advertising
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circularize in CommonParlance
- definition canvass by distributing letters
- definition canvass by using a questionnaire
- definition distribute circulars to
- definition cause to become widely known
- definition make circular
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circularly in CommonParlance
- definition in a circular manner
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circulate in CommonParlance
- definition become widely known and passed on
- definition cause to become widely known
- definition cause to be distributed
- definition move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
- definition cause to move in a circuit or system
- definition move around freely from person to person or from place to place
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circulating in CommonParlance
- definition passing from one to another
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circulating decimal in CommonParlance
- definition a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely
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circulating library in CommonParlance
- definition library that provides books for use outside the building
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circulation in CommonParlance
- definition the dissemination of copies of periodicals (as newspapers or magazines)
- definition movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels
- definition (library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period
- definition number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold
- definition free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant)
- definition the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area
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circulative in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to circulation
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circulatory in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to circulation
- definition relating to circulatory system or to circulation of the blood
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circulatory failure in CommonParlance
- definition failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues
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circulatory system in CommonParlance
- definition the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body