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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comfort woman in CommonParlance
- definition a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II
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comfort zone in CommonParlance
- definition the temperature range (between 28 and 30 degrees Centigrade) at which the naked human body is able to maintain a heat balance without shivering or sweating
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comfortable in CommonParlance
- definition providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (‘comfy’ is informal)
- definition free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind
- definition having a wide margin
- definition sufficient to provide comfort
- definition in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
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comfortableness in CommonParlance
- definition a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
- definition a feeling of being at ease in a relationship
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comfortably in CommonParlance
- definition in mental comfort; without stress
- definition in physical comfort
- definition in financial comfort
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comforted in CommonParlance
- definition made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress
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comforter in CommonParlance
- definition a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune
- definition a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- definition bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together
- definition device used for an infant to suck or bite on
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comforting in CommonParlance
- definition providing freedom from worry
- definition affording comfort or solace
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comfortingly in CommonParlance
- definition in a comforting or consoling manner
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comfortless in CommonParlance
- definition without comfort
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comforts in CommonParlance
- definition things that make you comfortable and at ease
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comfrey in CommonParlance
- definition perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas
- definition leaves make a popular tisane; young leaves used in salads or cooked
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comfy in CommonParlance
- definition providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (‘comfy’ is informal)
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comic in CommonParlance
- definition arousing or provoking laughter
- definition of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
- definition a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
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comic book in CommonParlance
- definition a magazine devoted to comic strips
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comic opera in CommonParlance
- definition opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken
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comic strip in CommonParlance
- definition a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
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comical in CommonParlance
- definition arousing or provoking laughter
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comicality in CommonParlance
- definition the quality of being comical
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comically in CommonParlance
- definition in a comical manner
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coming in CommonParlance
- definition of the relatively near future
- definition the act of drawing spatially closer to something
- definition arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
- definition the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
- definition the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
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coming attraction in CommonParlance
- definition a movie that is advertised to draw customers
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coming back in CommonParlance
- definition the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
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coming into court in CommonParlance
- definition formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action
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coming together in CommonParlance
- definition the social act of assembling for some common purpose
- definition the act of joining together as one