Parlance is an English word with synonyms like idiom or formulation. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Parlance in a sentence
Parlance meaning
- A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest.
- Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang.
- Speech, discussion or debate.
Synonyms of Parlance
Using Parlance
- The main meaning on this page is: A certain way of speaking, of using words; especially that associated with a particular job or interest. | Of a word, the quality of being lexicalized; especially as jargon or slang. | Speech, discussion or debate.
- Useful related words include: idiom, formulation, expression.
- In the example corpus, parlance often appears in combinations such as: common parlance, the parlance, parlance of.
Context around Parlance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Parlance
- In this selection, "parlance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, modern, common, fantasy, combinations, reagan and playbook stand out and add context to how "parlance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been common parlance in the and defend depose parlance that echoes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "parlance" sits close to words such as abrasive, adjournment and amalgamation, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with parlance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In today’s parlance, Reagan went viral. (7 words)
Jane was, in the modern parlance, a minger. (8 words)
In CCI parlance, combinations refer to mergers and acquisitions. (9 words)
But as his luck would run out, just like in Nigeria’s local parlance, “everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner,” the news of his arrest by the Dubai Police for fraudulent activities spread like wild fire. (41 words)
With the BBC’s review into dodgy workplace behavior kicking off following the Strictly Come Dancing and Jermaine Jenas scandals, the DG said he has banned a word that has been common parlance in the TV industry for decades. (39 words)
But once you officially increase the exchange rate; that usually in common parlance is devaluation as opposed to depreciation which is the variant of loss in value which is market driven in a floating market value determination environment. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The symbols for whole words ( codewords in modern parlance) and letters (cipher in modern parlance) were not distinguished in the ciphertext.
Eventually, it changes pace to show a young boy called Joshua who appears to hold some form of magical power, seemingly linked to the Phoenix – an eikon, or summon, in Final Fantasy parlance.
In barista parlance, they decrease extraction yield, or the amount of coffee that ends up in the cup, dissolved in the liquid.
In CCI parlance, combinations refer to mergers and acquisitions.
In industry parlance, this is the “inference” phase – the moment when you ask Stable Diffusion to “create an image of Rishi Sunak fawning on Elon Musk while Musk is tweeting poop emojis on his phone”.
It was, to borrow from sports parlance, an unforced error.
The movie's impact is so wide that "the Sunken Place" — a concept from the movie — quickly slipped into parlance.
The people called him “Dee Mbakwe”, a name of endearment in our parlance.
While in popular parlance has become a generic term for all types of equity compensation, you need to know the difference between actual stock options and other grant types.
In today’s parlance, Reagan went viral.
Jane was, in the modern parlance, a minger.
Jonathan Little, head of economic development and regeneration at Broxtowe Borough Council said: “We’re over the moon work has started, to use football parlance.
Law enforcement officials have said that bullet casings found at the scene of the shooting appear to be “deny,” “defend,” “depose” — parlance that echoes phasing used by insurance companies to avoid paying health claims from patients.
Now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and ICF International have teamed up on a climate change resilience grant program and, to use the modern parlance, playbook.
So while not an orc grenade in the modern Russian parlance, they are indeed a relic of orcs past.
With the BBC’s review into dodgy workplace behavior kicking off following the Strictly Come Dancing and Jermaine Jenas scandals, the DG said he has banned a word that has been common parlance in the TV industry for decades.
But as his luck would run out, just like in Nigeria’s local parlance, “everyday is for the thief, one day is for the owner,” the news of his arrest by the Dubai Police for fraudulent activities spread like wild fire.
But once you officially increase the exchange rate; that usually in common parlance is devaluation as opposed to depreciation which is the variant of loss in value which is market driven in a floating market value determination environment.
In our traditional parlance, when there was a very difficult situation, the community runs to the old woman for advice and direction.
In the intelligence parlance, this maybe classified A6,” he tweeted.
Common combinations with parlance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- common parlance 23×
- the parlance 8×
- parlance of 8×
- modern parlance 5×
- parlance and 5×
- parlance in 4×
- parlance an 3×
- parlance that 3×
- local parlance 3×
- parlance the 3×