Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Kontext, Zusammenhang

    обстано́вкаobstanóvka, ситуа́цияsituácija, конте́кстkontékst

  2. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Kontext

    конте́кстkontékst

    конте́кстkontékst

  3. (countable, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The trama or flesh of a mushroom.

  5. (countable, uncountable)For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.

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

More definitions
  • discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
  • the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

Examples

144 sentences
  1. It depends on the context.

    Це залежить від контексту.

    ruЭто зависит от контекста.

    deDas kommt auf den Zusammenhang an.

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  2. That was taken out of context.

    deDas wurde aus dem Kontext gerissen.

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  3. I don't understand the context.

    ruЯ не понимаю контекст.

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  4. The quote is taken out of context.

    Цитата вирвана з контексту.

    ruЦитата вырвана из контекста.

    deDas Zitat ist aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen.

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  5. What does this expression mean in this context?

    Що означає цей вираз у цьому контексті?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
text in which a word appears:
Русский
By meaning 1
circumstances or settings:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
circumstances or settings:

Origin

From Latin context(us).

From Latin context(us).

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