Context Definition

kŏntĕkst

contexts

noun

contexts

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.

Webster's New World

The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

American Heritage

The whole situation, background, or environment relevant to a particular event, personality, creation, etc.

Webster's New World

(archaeology) 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.

Wiktionary

(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

verb

(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

Wiktionary

adjective

(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.

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Other Word Forms of Context

Singular:

context

Plural:

contexts

Middle English composition from Latin contextus from past participle of contexere to join together com- com- texere to weave teks- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin contextus.

From Wiktionary