Question

context (n.) •  It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical context.  •  This small battle is very important in the context of Scottish history. • To understand this issue, it must first be situated in its context. • The production is deliberately styleless, and this takes the play out of its historical context. • What was the context you found the word in? • He thinks smacking is OK in the context of a happy family. • His remarks were very tasteless in the context of a memorial service. •  In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context. •  The papers took my remarks completely out of context.

Accepted Answer

a larger environment that something fits into

Term	context (n.)
Synonym	a larger environment that something fits into
Meaning	• It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical context. • This small battle is very important in the context of Scottish history. • To understand this issue, it must first be situated in its context. • The production is deliberately styleless, and this takes the play out of its historical context. • What was the context you found the word in? • He thinks smacking is OK in the context of a happy family. • His remarks were very tasteless in the context of a memorial service. • In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context. • The papers took my remarks completely out of context.

Context Important Historical Word Remarks N Larger Environment