Context

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​The meaning of the word "context" in our English Dictionary

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Context |ˈkäntekst| noun the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in
terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed: the decision was taken within the context of planned
cuts in spending.• the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or
passage and clarify its meaning: word processing is affected by the context in which words appear.

PHRASES in context considered together with the surrounding words or circumstances: it is difficult now
to view these masterpieces in context.out of context without the surrounding words or circumstances and so
not fully understandable: comments that aides have long insisted were taken out of context.

ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text): from Latin contextus, from con-  
​‘together’ + texere  ‘to weave.’bcc

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