CommonParlance
Seed
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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collectivized in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by the principle of ownership by the state or the people of the means of production
- definition subscribing to the socialistic doctrine of ownership by the people collectively
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collector in CommonParlance
- definition a person who collects things
- definition a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
- definition a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
- definition the electrode in a transistor through which a primary flow of carriers leaves the region between the electrodes
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collector of internal revenue in CommonParlance
- definition someone who collects taxes for the government
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collector's item in CommonParlance
- definition the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection
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colleen in CommonParlance
- definition an Irish girl
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college in CommonParlance
- definition the body of faculty and students of a college
- definition an institution of higher education created to educate and grant degrees; often a part of a university
- definition a complex of buildings in which an institution of higher education is housed
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college boy in CommonParlance
- definition a male student (or former student) at a college or university
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college girl in CommonParlance
- definition a female student at a coeducational college or university
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college level in CommonParlance
- definition the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained
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college man in CommonParlance
- definition a male student (or former student) at a college or university
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college student in CommonParlance
- definition a student enrolled in a college or university
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collegial in CommonParlance
- definition characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
- definition of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
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collegian in CommonParlance
- definition a student (or former student) at a college or university
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collegiate in CommonParlance
- definition of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
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collegiate dictionary in CommonParlance
- definition an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand
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collembolan in CommonParlance
- definition any of numerous minute wingless primitive insects possessing a special abdominal appendage that allows the characteristic nearly perpetual springing pattern; found in soil rich in organic debris or on the surface of snow or water
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collet in CommonParlance
- definition a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting
- definition a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
- definition a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting
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collet chuck in CommonParlance
- definition a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe
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collide in CommonParlance
- definition be incompatible; be or come into conflict
- definition cause to collide
- definition crash together with violent impact
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collide with in CommonParlance
- definition hit against; come into sudden contact with
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collider in CommonParlance
- definition an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on
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collie in CommonParlance
- definition a silky-coated sheepdog with a long ruff and long narrow head developed in Scotland
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collier in CommonParlance
- definition someone who works in a coal mine
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colliery in CommonParlance
- definition a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
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colligate in CommonParlance
- definition make a logical or causal connection
- definition consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle