English Explanatory Dictionary

context

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
  2. The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
  3. 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.
  4. The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
  5. For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
  6. The data (register contents, program counter value, etc.) needed to switch to another thread of execution.
verb
  1. To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
adj
  1. Knit or woven together; close; firm.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɒn.tɛkst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-context.wav /ˈkɑn.tɛkst/ /ˈkɔn.tekst/

Word forms

context contexts contexting contexted more context most context

Etymology

From Latin context(us).

Synonyms

frame framework background backdrop setting purlieus milieu

Antonyms

isolation

Related words

provenance provenience unprovenanced unprovenienced

Derived words

context-based learning context clue context collapse context compaction context-dependent context-free context-free grammar context-free language contextful contextless context menu contextomy context principle context-sensitive context-sensitive grammar high-context culture high context culture KWIC KWOC licensing context low-context culture low context culture macrocontext metacontext microcontext out of context out-of-context put into context supercontext take out of context
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