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context
- See Wiktionary:Context labels for the Wiktionary style guide for context in definitions
English
Etymology
From Latin contextus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /? k?n.t?kst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /? k??n.t?kst/
Noun
context (countable and uncountable, plural contexts)
- The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
- (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
- (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.
- (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
- (logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:context.
Antonyms
- isolation
Hyponyms
- subcontext
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
context (third-person singular simple present contexts, present participle contexting, simple past and past participle contexted)
- (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
- 1638, Richard Younge, The Drunkard's Character: Or, a True Drunkard with Such Sinnes as Raigne in Him
- The whole worlds frame, which is contexted onely by commerce and contracts.
Adjective
context (comparative more context, superlative most context)
- (obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
- 1541?, Robert Copland (translator?), Guydon's Questionary Chirurgical, translation of 1533, Guy de Chauliac, La questionaire des cirugiens at barbiers
- The skynne is composed & context and woven with thredes and vaynes.
- 1711-12, William Derham, Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation (3rd edition, corrected, 1714, page 110)
- the coats, without, are context and callous, firm and strong.
- 1541?, Robert Copland (translator?), Guydon's Questionary Chirurgical, translation of 1533, Guy de Chauliac, La questionaire des cirugiens at barbiers
References
- context at OneLook Dictionary Search
- context in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin contextus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kon?tekst/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kun?tekst/
Noun
context m (plural contexts or contextos)
- context
Related terms
- contextual
Further reading
- “context” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French contexte or Latin contextus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?n.t?kst/
- Hyphenation: con?text
Noun
context m (plural contexten)
- context
Derived terms
- contextgevoelig
- contextueel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: konteks
- ? Indonesian: konteks
Romanian
Etymology
From French contexte
Noun
context n (plural contexte)
- context
Declension
context From the web:
- what context clues
- what context means
- what context clues mean
- what contextualization
- what context clues are you analyzing
- what context clue uses dashes
- what content supports your claim
- what contexts inform the crafting of policy
dogwatch
English
Alternative forms
- dog-watch
Etymology
dog +? watch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??w?t?/
Noun
dogwatch (plural dogwatches)
- (nautical) Aboard a ship, either of the two short two-hour watches that take place between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, [1]
- […] in the last dog-watch when the drawing near of twilight induced revery […]
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 12, [1]
- (by extension) A night shift, or other very late or early period of duty.
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 22:
- The girls we knew were all on the dogwatch, from four to twelve in the morning.
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow & Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 22:
- (nautical) A very brief period of naval service.
- 1972, George Carroll Dyer, The Amphibians Came to Conquer (page 265)
- At that time, Captain Thomas G. Peyton, U.S. Navy, who had only served a dog watch as Captain of the Port at Noumea, New Caledonia, reported for this important billet.
- 1972, George Carroll Dyer, The Amphibians Came to Conquer (page 265)
Translations
Anagrams
- watchdog
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