context, linguistic context, context of use
(noun) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
context, circumstance, setting
(noun) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; “the historical context”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• isolation
• subcontext
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.
context (comparative more context, superlative most context)
(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*text", a. Etym: [L. contextus, p.p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.]
Definition: Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.
Con"text, n. Etym: [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .]
Definition: The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning. According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.
Con*text", v. t.
Definition: To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] Feltham. The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
