Contextualizebeta

context

noun
/ˈkɒn.tɛkst/UK/ˈkɑn.tɛkst/US/ˈkɔn.tekst/

Etymology

From Latin context(us).

  1. derived from contextus

Definitions

  1. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine,…

    The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.

    • —In what context did your attack on him happen? —We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
    • 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.

  2. The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.

    • Without context, I can't tell if dish refers to a plate, or to the food served thereon.

  3. The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide…

    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.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

    2. For a formula

      For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.

    3. The data (register contents, program counter value, etc.) needed to switch to another…

      The data (register contents, program counter value, etc.) needed to switch to another thread of execution.

    4. To knit or bind together

      To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

      • The whole worlds frame, which is contexted onely by commerce and contracts.
      • 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

    5. Knit or woven together

      Knit or woven together; close; firm.

      • 1541?, Robert Copland (translator?), Guydon's Questionary Chirurgical, translation of 1533, Guy de Chauliac, La questionaire des cirugiens at barbiers The skynne is composed & context and woven with thredes and vaynes.
      • 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, ...
      • the coats, without, are context and callous, firm and strong.

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Derived

context-based learning, context clue, context collapse, context compaction, context-dependent, context-free, context-free grammar, context-free language, contextful, contextless, context menu, contextomy, context principle, context-sensitive, context-sensitive grammar, high-context culture, high context culture, KWIC, KWOC, licensing context, low-context culture, low context culture, macrocontext, metacontext, microcontext, out of context, out-of-context, put into context, supercontext, take out of context

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at context. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01context02circumstances03circumstance04event05happens06happen07chance08possibility

A definitional loop anchored at context. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at context

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA