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.
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accompaniment in CommonParlance
- definition an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- definition a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- definition something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- definition the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
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accompanist in CommonParlance
- definition a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
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accompany in CommonParlance
- definition be present or associated with an event or entity
- definition go or travel along with
- definition perform an accompaniment to
- definition be a companion to somebody
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accompanying in CommonParlance
- definition occurring with or following as a consequence
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accompanying vein in CommonParlance
- definition a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return
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accompanyist in CommonParlance
- definition a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
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accomplice in CommonParlance
- definition a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
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accomplish in CommonParlance
- definition put in effect
- definition to gain with effort
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accomplishable in CommonParlance
- definition capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
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accomplished in CommonParlance
- definition highly skilled
- definition successfully completed or brought to an end
- definition settled securely and unconditionally
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accomplished fact in CommonParlance
- definition an irreversible accomplishment
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accomplishment in CommonParlance
- definition the action of accomplishing something
- definition an ability that has been acquired by training
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accord in CommonParlance
- definition harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters
- definition concurrence of opinion
- definition a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
- definition sympathetic compatibility
- definition go together
- definition allow to have
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accord and satisfaction in CommonParlance
- definition the settlement of a debt by paying less than the amount demanded in exchange for extinguishing the debt
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accordance in CommonParlance
- definition concurrence of opinion
- definition the act of granting rights
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accordance of rights in CommonParlance
- definition the act of granting rights
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accordant in CommonParlance
- definition being in agreement or harmony; often followed by ‘with’
- definition in keeping
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according in CommonParlance
- definition (followed by ‘to’) in agreement with or accordant with
- definition (followed by ‘to’) as reported or stated by
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accordingly in CommonParlance
- definition (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
- definition in accordance with
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accordion in CommonParlance
- definition a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
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accordion door in CommonParlance
- definition an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather than by swinging on hinges)
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accordion fold in CommonParlance
- definition a continuous parallel folding in an accordion-like fashion, that is with folds alternatively made to the front and back in zig-zag folds.
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accordionist in CommonParlance
- definition a musician who plays the accordion
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accost in CommonParlance
- definition speak to someone
- definition approach with an offer of sexual favors
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accouchement in CommonParlance
- definition the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child