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11Context (language use) — Context is a notion used in the language sciences (linguistics, sociolinguistics, systemic functional linguistics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, semiotics, etc.) in two different ways, namely as verbal context social context Contents 1 Verbal… …
12context — [kän′tekst΄] n. [ME < L contextus, a joining together, orig., pp. of contexere, to weave together < com , together + texere, to weave: see TECHNIC] 1. the parts of a sentence, paragraph, discourse, etc. immediately next to or surrounding a… …
13his words were taken out of context — his words were taken out of the setting in which they were originally said, his words were twisted around …
14was taken out of context — was taken out of the actual situation in which it was said, was presented in the wrong light, was slanted, was distorted …
15context — [[t]kɒ̱ntekst[/t]] ♦♦♦ contexts 1) N VAR: usu with supp, oft adj N, N of n The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood. We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the… …
16context — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, full, general, larger, overall, wider ▪ You have to see the problem in a wider context. ▪ narrow …
17context — n. 1) an historical context 2) in; out of context; within a context (to cite a passage out of context) * * * [ kɒntekst] out of context within a context (to cite a passage out of context) an historical context in …
18context — 01. Vocabulary is generally easier to understand if you look at it in [context]. 02. When trying to discover the meaning of new vocabulary, it helps to look at [contextual] clues, such as the position of the word in a sentence. 03. The newspaper… …
19context */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɒntekst] / US [ˈkɑnˌtekst] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms context : singular context plural contexts 1) the general situation in which something happens, which helps to explain it These events are meaningless outside their… …
20context — con|text W1S3 [ˈkɔntekst US ˈka:n ] n [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: contextus connection of words , from contexere to weave together , from com ( COM ) + texere to weave ] 1.) the situation, events, or information that are related… …
