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The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence. quotations examples
The display and result must be placed in the context that was it was against a side that looked every bit their Fifa world ranking of 141 - but England completed the job with efficiency to record their biggest away win in 19 years.
2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport
(linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning. examples
(archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
(mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
(logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula. examples
(programming) The data (register contents, program counter value, etc.) needed to switch to another thread of execution. examples
third-person singular simple present contexts, present participle contexting, simple past and past participle contexted
(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely. quotations
The whole worlds frame, which is contexted onely by commerce and contracts.
1638, Richard Younge, The Drunkard's Character: Or, a True Drunkard with Such Sinnes as Raigne in Him
If the Subiect bee Historie, or contexted Fable, then I hold it better put in Prose, or Blanks: for ordinarie discourse neuer shewes so well in Meeter
1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
comparative more context, superlative most context
(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm. quotations
The skynne is composed & context and woven with thredes and vaynes.
1541?, Robert Copland (translator?), Guydon's Questionary Chirurgical, translation of 1533, Guy de Chauliac, La questionaire des cirugiens at barbiers
And though he could describe how such a string may be context, yet our Explication will have this advantage in point of probability above his, ...
1662, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects, page 73
the coats, without, are context and callous, firm and strong.
1711-12, William Derham, Physico-theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation (3rd edition, corrected, 1714, page 110)