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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closet auger in CommonParlance
- definition a snake used to unblock toilets
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closet drama in CommonParlance
- definition drama more suitable for reading than for performing
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closet queen in CommonParlance
- definition a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation
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closeup in CommonParlance
- definition a photograph taken at close range
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closeup lens in CommonParlance
- definition a photographic lens with a short focal length used to take pictures at short ranges
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closing in CommonParlance
- definition final or ending
- definition the act of closing something
- definition the last section of a communication
- definition approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- definition termination of operations
- definition a concluding action
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closing curtain in CommonParlance
- definition the concluding part of any performance
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closing off in CommonParlance
- definition the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
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closing price in CommonParlance
- definition (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session
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closing time in CommonParlance
- definition the regular time of day when an establishment closes to the public
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clostridia in CommonParlance
- definition spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
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clostridial myonecrosis in CommonParlance
- definition (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon
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clostridium in CommonParlance
- definition spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
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clostridium perfringens in CommonParlance
- definition anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
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closure in CommonParlance
- definition approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
- definition a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- definition a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
- definition something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
- definition an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- definition the act of blocking
- definition termination of operations
- definition terminate debate by calling for a vote
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closure by compartment in CommonParlance
- definition closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
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clot in CommonParlance
- definition a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
- definition change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
- definition cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
- definition turn into curds
- definition coalesce or unite in a mass
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clot buster in CommonParlance
- definition a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
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clotbur in CommonParlance
- definition any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
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cloth in CommonParlance
- definition artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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cloth cap in CommonParlance
- definition a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak
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cloth covering in CommonParlance
- definition a covering made of cloth
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clothe in CommonParlance
- definition provide with clothes or put clothes on
- definition furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- definition cover as if with clothing
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clothed in CommonParlance
- definition wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
- definition covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
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clothes in CommonParlance
- definition clothing in general