noun [C,U]
1 the situation in which sth happens and that helps you to understand it:
This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s. * His decision can only be understood in context. * Such databases are being used in a wide range of contexts.
2 the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning:
You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context. * This quotation has been taken out of context (= repeated without giving the circumstances in which it was said).
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for context is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does context appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — context appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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