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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coming upon in CommonParlance
- definition a casual meeting with a person or thing
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comity in CommonParlance
- definition a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
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comity of nations in CommonParlance
- definition courteous respect by one nation for the laws and institutions of another
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comma in CommonParlance
- definition a punctuation mark (‘,’) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence
- definition anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
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comma bacillus in CommonParlance
- definition comma-shaped bacteria that cause Asiatic cholera
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comma butterfly in CommonParlance
- definition anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
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command in CommonParlance
- definition an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- definition a military unit or region under the control of a single officer
- definition the power or authority to command
- definition availability for use
- definition a position of highest authority
- definition great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- definition (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- definition be in command of
- definition make someone do something
- definition demand as one's due
- definition look down on
- definition exercise authoritative control or power over
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command guidance in CommonParlance
- definition a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile
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command key in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the key on a computer keyboard that is used (in combination with some other key) to type control characters
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command language in CommonParlance
- definition a source language consisting of procedural operators that invoke functions to be executed
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command line in CommonParlance
- definition commands that a user types in order to run an application
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command line interface in CommonParlance
- definition a user interface in which you type commands instead of choosing them from a menu or selecting an icon
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command module in CommonParlance
- definition a space module in which astronauts can live and control the spacecraft and communicate with earth
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command overhead in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
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command post in CommonParlance
- definition military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces
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command processing overhead in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
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command processing overhead time in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) the processing time required by a device prior to the execution of a command
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command prompt in CommonParlance
- definition (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
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command sergeant major in CommonParlance
- definition a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
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commandant in CommonParlance
- definition an officer in command of a military unit
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commandeer in CommonParlance
- definition take arbitrarily or by force
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commander in CommonParlance
- definition an officer in command of a military unit
- definition someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
- definition a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
- definition an officer in the airforce
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commander in chief in CommonParlance
- definition the officer who holds the supreme command
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commander-in-chief in CommonParlance
- definition the officer who holds the supreme command
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commandership in CommonParlance
- definition the position or office of commander