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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civil year in CommonParlance
- definition the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
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civil-libertarian in CommonParlance
- definition having or showing active concern for protection of civil liberties protected by law
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civilian in CommonParlance
- definition associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
- definition a nonmilitary citizen
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civilian clothing in CommonParlance
- definition ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
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civilian dress in CommonParlance
- definition ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
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civilian garb in CommonParlance
- definition ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.
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civilisation in CommonParlance
- definition the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
- definition a particular society at a particular time and place
- definition a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
- definition the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
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civilise in CommonParlance
- definition teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- definition raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
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civilised in CommonParlance
- definition having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- definition marked by refinement in taste and manners
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civility in CommonParlance
- definition formal or perfunctory politeness
- definition the act of showing regard for others
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civilization in CommonParlance
- definition a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
- definition the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization
- definition a particular society at a particular time and place
- definition the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste
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civilize in CommonParlance
- definition teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
- definition raise from a barbaric to a civilized state
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civilized in CommonParlance
- definition having a high state of culture and development both social and technological
- definition marked by refinement in taste and manners
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civilly in CommonParlance
- definition in a civil manner
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civvies in CommonParlance
- definition civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
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cl in CommonParlance
- definition being ten more than one hundred forty
- definition a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter
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clabber in CommonParlance
- definition raw milk that has soured and thickened
- definition turn into curds
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clack in CommonParlance
- definition a sharp abrupt noise as if two objects hit together; may be repeated
- definition a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
- definition make a rattling sound
- definition make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- definition speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
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clack valve in CommonParlance
- definition a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction
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clad in CommonParlance
- definition wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
- definition having an outer covering especially of thin metal
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cladding in CommonParlance
- definition a protective covering that protects the outside of a building
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clade in CommonParlance
- definition a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
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cladistic analysis in CommonParlance
- definition a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
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cladistics in CommonParlance
- definition a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
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cladode in CommonParlance
- definition a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf