context
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
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