How to Spell context
context
context - noun
- The parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
- The interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs : environment, setting
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"the historical context of the war"
context - thesaurus
Synonyms: ambient, atmosphere, climate, clime, contexture, environment, environs, medium
Etymology
Middle English contexte "text, composition," borrowed from Medieval Latin contextus "sequence, connection, setting," going back to Latin, "action of weaving, connection, coherence, ordered scheme, structure," from contexere "to weave together, connect (words), compose, combine" (from con- con- + texere "to weave, construct") + -tus, suffix of action nouns
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