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Noun: context  'kón,tekst
  1. Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    - linguistic context, context of use
     
  2. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    "the historical context";
    - circumstance, setting

Derived forms: contexts

Type of: discourse, environment

Encyclopedia: Context

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