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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commixture in CommonParlance
- definition the act of mixing together
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commode in CommonParlance
- definition a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
- definition a tall elegant chest of drawers
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commodious in CommonParlance
- definition large and roomy (‘convenient’ is archaic in this sense)
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commodiousness in CommonParlance
- definition spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building)
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commodities exchange in CommonParlance
- definition an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
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commodities market in CommonParlance
- definition an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
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commodity in CommonParlance
- definition a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
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commodity brokerage in CommonParlance
- definition a brokerage firm dealing in commodities
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commodity exchange in CommonParlance
- definition an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
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commodore in CommonParlance
- definition a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral
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common in CommonParlance
- definition belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- definition having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
- definition common to or shared by two or more parties
- definition commonly encountered
- definition being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
- definition of or associated with the great masses of people
- definition of low or inferior quality or value
- definition lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- definition to be expected; standard
- definition a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
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common American shad in CommonParlance
- definition shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
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common European ash in CommonParlance
- definition tall ash of Europe to the Caucasus having leaves shiny dark-green above and pale downy beneath
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common European dogwood in CommonParlance
- definition European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers
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common European earwig in CommonParlance
- definition sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs
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common European jay in CommonParlance
- definition fawn-colored jay with black-and-white crest and blue-and-black wings
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common St John's wort in CommonParlance
- definition deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
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common ageratum in CommonParlance
- definition small tender herb grown for its fluffy brushlike blue to lavender blooms
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common alder in CommonParlance
- definition medium-sized tree with brown-black bark and woody fruiting catkins; leaves are hairy beneath
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common allamanda in CommonParlance
- definition vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
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common amsinckia in CommonParlance
- definition annual of western United States with coiled spikes of yellow-orange coiled flowers
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common apricot in CommonParlance
- definition temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits
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common arrowhead in CommonParlance
- definition a weed (Sagittaria latifolia)
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common ax in CommonParlance
- definition an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
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common axe in CommonParlance
- definition an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side