different between context vs glark
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
glark
English
Etymology
Slight variation of glork in the constructed sentence "This gubblick contains many nonsklarkish English flutzpahs, but the overall pluggandisp can be glorked from context", by David Moser
Pronunciation
Verb
glark (third-person singular simple present glarks, present participle glarking, simple past and past participle glarked)
- (slang, transitive) To guess (the meaning of an unfamiliar word) based on hearing its use in context.
See also
- glark in the Jargon File
References
- Douglas Hofstadter, "Metamagical Themas", Scientific American, January 1981
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