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–noun

1.	the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect: You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context.

2.	the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.

3.	Mycology. the fleshy fibrous body of the pileus in mushrooms.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME < L contextus a joining together, scheme, structure, equiv. to contex(ere) to join by weaving (con- con- + texere to plait, weave) + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. text

]

—Related forms

con·text·less, adjective

—Synonyms 2. background, milieu, climate.

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n.

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.

[Middle English, composition, from Latin contextus, from past participle of contexere, to join together : com-, com- + texere, to weave; see teks- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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1432, from L. contextus "a joining together," orig. pp. of contexere "to weave together," from com- "together" + textere "to weave" (see texture).

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context
noun
1.	discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
2.	the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

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context [ˈkontekst] noun

the parts directly before or after a word or phrase (written or spoken) which affect its meaning
Example: This statement, taken out of its context, gives a wrong impression of the speaker's opinions.

Arabic:	سِياق، مَجرى الكَلام
Chinese (Simplified):	（文章的）上下文
Chinese (Traditional):	(文章的)上下文
Czech:	kontext
Danish:	sammenhæng
Dutch:	verband
Estonian:	kontekst
Finnish:	konteksti
French:	contexte
German:	der Zusammenhang
Greek:	συμφραζόμενα
Hungarian:	szövegösszefüggés
Icelandic:	samhengi
Indonesian:	kontes
Italian:	contesto

Japanese:	前後関係
Korean:	문맥
Latvian:	konteksts
Lithuanian:	kontekstas
Norwegian:	sammenheng, kontekst
Polish:	kontekst
Portuguese (Brazil):	contexto
Portuguese (Portugal):	contexto
Romanian:	context
Russian:	контекст
Slovak:	kontext
Slovenian:	sobesedilo
Spanish:	contexto
Swedish:	sammanhang, kontext
Turkish:	bağlam, kontekst

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context
That which surrounds, and gives meaning to, something else.
In a grammar it refers to the symbols before and after the symbol under consideration. If the syntax of a symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is said to be context-free.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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Con*text"\, a. [L. contextus, p. p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.] Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]

The coats, without, are context and callous. --Derham.

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Con"text\, n. [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.

According to all the light that the contexts afford. --Sharp.

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Con*text"\, v. t. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] --Feltham.

The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. --R. Junius.

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