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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
context /ˈkɒntɛkst/

▶noun the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.

■ the parts that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning.

– derivatives
contextual adjective,
contextualization (or contextualisation) noun,
contextualize (or contextualise) verb,
contextually adverb.

– origin ME (denoting the construction of a text): from L. contextus, from con- ‘together’ + texere ‘to weave’.

'context' also found in these Oxford entries:

ahistorical - angle bracket - bracket - carry - carry-over - charity - coloured - commander - conservative - conterminous - contextualism - cottage - decontextualize - deictic - found - hook - illegal - insurance - KWIC - laud - liberal - locution - macaronic - Nama - negative - none - plead - premises - privilege - pro-form - psychology - ray - relativism - reproduce - rummage - selectional - selector - sentence adverb - set phrase - situate - sky-clad - slang - slippery - sloganeer - spatchcock - transpose - vacuum - virgin - virginity

Forum discussions with the word(s) "context" in the title:

...fraught context of its making...
''much to'' in this context
'anything' and 'everything' in context
'associations' and 'investing' in this context.
'claim' in the context of 'objection or claim'
'Clock In' in a Non-Work Context
'It': refers to? (in this context.)
'represent' (legal context)
'To be decided' in sport (golf) context
[appropriate wording] an exit hallway (in the context of a building)
"achieve" in a physical context
"application" in this context
"come down to" in inheritance context
"Configurations" Acceptable in This Context?
"could' can be put off in the context?
"Draw" in this context¿?????
"execution" in this context
"Exhibit A" in this context
"for the time being" in a past-tense context
"frame" in the context of computers
"get in" in the context of exercise/workout
"if earlier" in this context
"in the context of..", synonym needed
"in view of" in this context
"it" in this context
"movement" in this context
"Niño" in an american war context?
"not only but also" in negative context
"placing" in this context
"show" in this context
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