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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.

Propose an assessment

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.

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    • definition a timepiece that shows the time of day
    • definition measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
  • clock dial in CommonParlance
    • definition the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
  • clock face in CommonParlance
    • definition the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day
  • clock golf in CommonParlance
    • definition a form of golf in which you putt from positions arranged on the circumference of a circle around the hole
  • clock in in CommonParlance
  • clock off in CommonParlance
  • clock on in CommonParlance
  • clock out in CommonParlance
  • clock pendulum in CommonParlance
    • definition a physical pendulum used to regulate a clockwork mechanism
  • clock radio in CommonParlance
    • definition a radio that includes a clock that can be set to turn it on automatically
  • clock time in CommonParlance
    • definition a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
  • clock tower in CommonParlance
    • definition a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face
  • clock up in CommonParlance
    • definition record a distance travelled; on planes and cars
  • clock watcher in CommonParlance
    • definition a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time
  • clock-watching in CommonParlance
    • definition paying excessive attention to the clock (in anticipation of stopping work)
  • clocking in CommonParlance
    • definition the time taken to traverse a measured course
  • clockmaker in CommonParlance
    • definition someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
  • clocks in CommonParlance
    • definition European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
  • clocksmith in CommonParlance
    • definition someone whose occupation is making or repairing clocks and watches
  • clockwise in CommonParlance
    • definition in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
    • definition in the direction that the hands of a clock move
  • clockwise rotation in CommonParlance
  • clockwork in CommonParlance
    • definition any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
  • clockwork universe in CommonParlance
    • definition the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics
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