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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cliff in CommonParlance
- definition a steep high face of rock
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cliff brake in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
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cliff diving in CommonParlance
- definition diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff
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cliff dweller in CommonParlance
- definition a member of the Anasazi people living in the southwestern United States who built rock or adobe dwellings on ledges in the sides of caves
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cliff dwelling in CommonParlance
- definition a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff
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cliff penstemon in CommonParlance
- definition one of the West's most beautiful wildflowers; large brilliant pink or rose flowers in many racemes above thick mats of stems and leaves; ledges and cliffs from Washington to California
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cliff rose in CommonParlance
- definition tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover
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cliff swallow in CommonParlance
- definition North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
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cliff-brake in CommonParlance
- definition any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
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cliff-hanging in CommonParlance
- definition (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense
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cliffhanger in CommonParlance
- definition a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end
- definition an episode that ends in suspense
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climacteric in CommonParlance
- definition a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
- definition the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
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climactic in CommonParlance
- definition consisting of or causing a climax
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climate in CommonParlance
- definition the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
- definition the prevailing psychological state
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climate change in CommonParlance
- definition a change in the world's climate
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climatic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a climate
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climatic zone in CommonParlance
- definition any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude
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climatical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a climate
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climatically in CommonParlance
- definition with respect to climate
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climatologist in CommonParlance
- definition someone who is expert in climatology
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climatology in CommonParlance
- definition meteorology of climates and their phenomena
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climax in CommonParlance
- definition the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
- definition the decisive moment in a novel or play
- definition the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- definition the most severe stage of a disease
- definition arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
- definition end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
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climb in CommonParlance
- definition an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- definition an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- definition the act of climbing something
- definition go upward with gradual or continuous progress
- definition move with effort, by grasping
- definition go up or advance
- definition slope upward
- definition improve one's social status
- definition increase in value or to a higher point
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climb down in CommonParlance
- definition come down
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climb on in CommonParlance
- definition get up on the back of