context Definition
con·text (kän′tekst′)
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.
Etymology: ME < L contextus, a joining together, orig., pp. of contexere, to weave together < com-, together + texere, to weave: see technic
context Synonyms
context Usage Examples
Preposition: of
debate: Each chapter of this slim volume opens with the historical context of the religious debates current when the plays were written and performed.
Converse of object
- understand: There is also a need to understand the more specific context in which racism is reproduced in society on an everyday basis.
- differ: It will also explore aspects such as the nature of strategic decision making and strategy dynamics in differing contexts ( e.g. public sector ).
- provide: The game itself merely provides a context; common ground where things happen to players.
- examine: AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to examine the cultural context of the built environment and the relationships between design and society.
- learn: The LD environment element cannot suffice to encapsulate the functionality of a learning object context.
- define: This can help in defining the context of your search.
Adjective modifier
- historical: Dr. Cummins places the story of the Picts in its historical context.
- broad: That said, he would set out the broader context for manufacturing.
- cultural: The course places the history of medicine in a social and cultural context.
- wide: In the wider context, dementia services need to be considered.
- organizational: The first section lays out the basics of the " wider organizational context " mentioned above.
- social: What is important is the social context of the organization for health.
Modifies a noun
- menu: Context menus can be used to switch map type A right click in the mapping window brings up the mapping context window.
- prefix: Supplier, master and consumer references are held in the context prefix entry of the naming context that has been replicated.
Noun used with modifier
- naming: A cross reference points directly to any remote naming context.
- real-world: Every major physics concept is treated, but should arrive to the student in a real-world context.
- classroom: Then the teacher can move from that to a classroom context.
- policy: Thus the Plan has a wide-ranging policy context on which to develop appropriate environmental policies.
Browse dictionary entries near context
- ‹ contestation
- ‹ contestant
- ‹ contest
- ‹ contessa
- ‹ conterminous
- ‹ contents
- ‹ contentment
- ‹ contentious
- ‹ contention
- ‹ contented
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- contextualize ›
- contexture ›
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- contiguity ›
- contiguous ›
- continence ›
- continent ›
- continental ›
- continental breakfast ›

