OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4577

context

/ˈkɒn.tɛkst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contexto • marco
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
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 effic…
—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.
contexto
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.
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