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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colored person in CommonParlance
- definition a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive
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colorfast in CommonParlance
- definition having color that is resistant to fading or running
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colorful in CommonParlance
- definition having much or varied color
- definition striking in variety and interest
- definition having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
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colorimeter in CommonParlance
- definition a measuring instrument used in colorimetric analysis to determine the quantity of a substance from the color it yields with specific reagents
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colorimetric in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to colorimetry
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colorimetric analysis in CommonParlance
- definition quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter
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colorimetrical in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to colorimetry
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colorimetry in CommonParlance
- definition quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter
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coloring in CommonParlance
- definition a digestible substance used to give color to food
- definition a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- definition the act or process of changing the color of something
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coloring book in CommonParlance
- definition a picture book with line drawings intended to be colored with crayons by children
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coloring material in CommonParlance
- definition any material used for its color
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colorise in CommonParlance
- definition add color to
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colorist in CommonParlance
- definition a painter able to achieve special effects with color
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colorize in CommonParlance
- definition add color to
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colorless in CommonParlance
- definition lacking in variety and interest
- definition weak in color; not colorful
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colorlessness in CommonParlance
- definition the visual property of being without chromatic color
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colors in CommonParlance
- definition a flag that shows its nationality
- definition a distinguishing emblem
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colossal in CommonParlance
- definition so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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colossus in CommonParlance
- definition someone that is abnormally large and powerful
- definition a person of exceptional importance and reputation
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colostomy in CommonParlance
- definition a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
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colostrum in CommonParlance
- definition milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
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colour in CommonParlance
- definition having or capable of producing colors
- definition any material used for its color
- definition (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
- definition interest and variety and intensity
- definition the timbre of a musical sound
- definition a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
- definition an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- definition the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
- definition modify or bias
- definition decorate with colors
- definition give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
- definition affect as in thought or feeling
- definition add color to
- definition change color, often in an undesired manner
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colour TV in CommonParlance
- definition a television that transmits images in color
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colour TV tube in CommonParlance
- definition a television tube that displays images in full color
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colour bar in CommonParlance
- definition barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites