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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circumscribed in CommonParlance
- definition subject to limits or subjected to limits
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circumscription in CommonParlance
- definition the act of circumscribing
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circumspect in CommonParlance
- definition heedful of potential consequences
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circumspection in CommonParlance
- definition knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress
- definition the trait of being circumspect and prudent
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circumspectly in CommonParlance
- definition in a cagey manner
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circumstance in CommonParlance
- definition a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
- definition the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- definition information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- definition formal ceremony about important occasions
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circumstances in CommonParlance
- definition your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- definition a person's financial situation (good or bad)
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circumstantial in CommonParlance
- definition fully detailed and specific about particulars
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circumstantial evidence in CommonParlance
- definition evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute
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circumstantially in CommonParlance
- definition according to circumstances
- definition insofar as the circumstances are concerned
- definition in minute detail
- definition without advance planning
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circumstantiate in CommonParlance
- definition give circumstantial evidence for
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circumvallate in CommonParlance
- definition surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
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circumvent in CommonParlance
- definition surround so as to force to give up
- definition beat through cleverness and wit
- definition avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
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circumvention in CommonParlance
- definition the act of evading by going around
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circumvolute in CommonParlance
- definition wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail
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circumvolution in CommonParlance
- definition the act of turning or winding or folding around a central axis
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circumvolve in CommonParlance
- definition cause to turn on an axis or center
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circus in CommonParlance
- definition a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
- definition a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
- definition a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
- definition (antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
- definition an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
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circus acrobat in CommonParlance
- definition an acrobat who performs acrobatic feats in a circus
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circus tent in CommonParlance
- definition a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
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cirio in CommonParlance
- definition candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers
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cirque in CommonParlance
- definition a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake
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cirrhosis in CommonParlance
- definition a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
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cirrhosis of the liver in CommonParlance
- definition a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
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cirrhus in CommonParlance
- definition usually coiled