Context Meaning Examples Noun ˈkɒntekst ˈkɑːntekst Databases Wide

• such databases are being used in a wide range of contexts.
• to examine the wider/broader context of the war
• the historical/cultural/social context
• the government must consider the context of the protests.

context

1. the situation in which something happens and that helps you to understand it
• Such databases are being used in a wide range of contexts.
• to examine the wider/broader context of the war
• the historical/cultural/social context
• The government must consider the context of the protests.
• This kind of propaganda is used in many different contexts.
• Institutions provide a context in which individuals can take on different roles.
• This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s.
• His decision can only be understood in context.
• I think it's important to put this into context.
• A ceasefire is the essential context for meaningful negotiations.

Extra Examples

• Children need meaningful contexts for their work in science.
• How can teachers create the right context for kids?
• It is natural to find conflict in the work environment, in the family, or any other human context.
• Similar problems have arisen in other contexts.
• These actions only have meaning within certain specific contexts.
• You can't just look at it in terms of the immediate problem. You've got to see it in a wider context.
• You have to look at these remarks within the context of the recent scandals.
• You have to see the problem in a wider context.
• a neutral context for sharing and debating ideas
2. the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning
• You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context.
• The context of the quotation makes her meaning quite clear.
• This quotation has been taken out of context (= repeated without referring to the rest of the text).
• You need to look at the words in context.

Extra Examples

• to present examples of language in use in an appropriate context
• Her reply was quoted out of context and seemed to mean something quite different from what she had intended.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text): from Latin contextus, from con- ‘together’ + texere ‘to weave’.