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.
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color of law in CommonParlance
- definition a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law
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color property in CommonParlance
- definition an attribute of color
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color scheme in CommonParlance
- definition a planned combination of colors
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color sergeant in CommonParlance
- definition a sergeant in a color guard who carries one of the colors
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color spectrum in CommonParlance
- definition the distribution of colors produced when light is dispersed by a prism
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color television in CommonParlance
- definition a television that transmits images in color
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color television system in CommonParlance
- definition a television that transmits images in color
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color television tube in CommonParlance
- definition a television tube that displays images in full color
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color tube in CommonParlance
- definition a television tube that displays images in full color
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color vision in CommonParlance
- definition the normal ability to see colors
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color vision deficiency in CommonParlance
- definition genetic inability to distinguish differences in hue
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color wash in CommonParlance
- definition a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment
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color wheel in CommonParlance
- definition a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle
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color-blind in CommonParlance
- definition unable to distinguish one or more chromatic colors
- definition unprejudiced about race
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color-blind person in CommonParlance
- definition a person unable to distinguish differences in hue
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coloradillo in CommonParlance
- definition handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil
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coloration in CommonParlance
- definition the timbre of a musical sound
- definition appearance with regard to color
- definition choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
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coloratura in CommonParlance
- definition a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
- definition singing with florid ornamentation
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coloratura mezzo-soprano in CommonParlance
- definition a subtype of the mezzo-soprano with a range from approximately the G below middle C (G3) to the B two octaves above middle C (B5).
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coloratura soprano in CommonParlance
- definition a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
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colorcast in CommonParlance
- definition a television program that is broadcast in color
- definition broadcast in color
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colorectal in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum
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colored in CommonParlance
- definition having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
- definition having skin rich in melanin pigments;
- definition favoring one person or side over another
- definition (used of color) artificially produced; not natural
- definition a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
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colored audition in CommonParlance
- definition a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli
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colored hearing in CommonParlance
- definition a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli