context

Meaning

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

To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

Adj

Knit or woven together; close; firm.

Concepts

context

setting

circumstance

linguistic context

environment

before and after

coherence

context of use

situation

contexture

background

connection

link

nexus

surroundings

backdrop

box

cadre

frame

level

official

parameters

beginning and end

both ends

consequences

front and rear

order

about that

approximately

around

before and behind

front and back

longitudinal

nearly

throughout

attribute

chain of reasoning

logical connection

literature and science

reasoning

preceding and following parts

canvas

canvass

ground

affiliation

alliance

association

bearing

bridge

conjunction

connectedness

connectivity

connexion

contact

interconnection

liaison

linkage

linkup

relationship

tie-in

touch

feature

circumstances

stream

tendency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.tɛkst/

Etymology

From Latin contextus.

Sentences

The journeyman can , however , be quite valuable in the team sports context .