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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)

  1. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
  2. (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
  3. (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.
  4. (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
  5. (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)

  1. (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)

  1. (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.

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)

  1. 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)

  1. context

Derived terms

  • contextgevoelig
  • contextueel

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: konteks
  • ? Indonesian: konteks

Romanian

Etymology

From French contexte

Noun

context n (plural contexte)

  1. 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


rephrase

English

Etymology

re- +? phrase

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e?z

Verb

rephrase (third-person singular simple present rephrases, present participle rephrasing, simple past and past participle rephrased)

  1. To say or write something with different wording.

Synonyms

  • restate, reword

Translations

Anagrams

  • preshear, reshaper

rephrase From the web:

  • what rephrase means
  • what rephrase in tagalog
  • rephrase what i type
  • rephrase what went well
  • rephrase what you said
  • rephrase what if
  • rephrase what you read
  • rephrase what you said meaning
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