context

The definition of context is the words that surround other words and impact their meaning or the setting in which something occurs.

(noun)

An example of context is the words that surround the word "read" that help the reader determine the tense of the word.
An example of context is the history surrounding the story of Shakespeare's King Henry IV.

See context in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a specified word or passage and determining its exact meaning: to quote a remark out of context
the whole situation, background, or environment relevant to a particular event, personality, creation, etc.

Origin: ME < L contextus, a joining together, orig., pp. of contexere, to weave together < com-, together + texere, to weave: see technic

See context in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, composition

Origin: , from Latin contextus

Origin: , from

Origin: past participle of contexere, to join together

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + texere, to weave; see teks- in Indo-European roots

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