context — English Dictionary

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Noun

The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
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Synonyms
frame framework background backdrop setting purlieus milieu

Examples

—In what context did your attack on him happen? —We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.

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The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.
The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
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Without context, I can't tell if dish refers to a plate, or to the food served thereon.
The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
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The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
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For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
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The data (register contents, program counter value, etc.) needed to switch to another thread of execution.
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Word forms

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