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   context

   /ˈkɒntɛkst/

   noun

   • 1. the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood: "the proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives" Similar circumstancesconditionssurroundingsfactorsstate of affairssituationenvironmentmilieusettingbackgroundbackdropsceneclimateatmosphereambiencemoodfeelframe of referencecontextual relationshiptextsubjectthemetopic
   • ▪ the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning: "skilled readers use context to construct meaning from words as they are read"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. contextless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • T

     1

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