Synonym: circumstance, context of use, linguistic context. Similar words: contend, contest, contemplate, contemporary, a bone of contention, text, texture, textbook. Meaning: ['kɒntekst] 
n. 1. discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation 2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.
n. 1. discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation 2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event. 
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(31) We need to consider the problem of vandalism within a wider context.
(32) Three men have been charged with aiding his escape. It is also often used in the context of giving money:The project has been greatly aided by the generosity of local businesses.
(33) You have to see these changes in context: they're part of a larger plan.
(34) Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.
(35) Words are pronounced differently in isolation from how they are pronounced in context.
(36) The problems that research is designed to solve do not stand alone, but are part of a wider context.
(37) Her reply was quoted out of context and seemed to mean something quite different from what she had intended.
(38) You've got to look at these remarks within the context of the recent scandals.
(39) The women have the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical context.
(40) It is natural to find conflict in the work environment, in the family, or any other human context.
(41) In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context.
(42) Rules must be put in a context that is meaningful to the children.
(43) How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology?
(44) This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.
(45) Thomas says that he has been taken out of context on the issue.
(46) You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context.
(47) Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context.
(47) Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
(48) It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
(49) The production is deliberately styleless, and this takes the play out of its historical context.
(50) We hope that by the end of the course students will be able to see their subject in a wider context.
(51) Literary texts , like all other works of art, have a historical context.
(52) Using the word in that context is not, strictly speaking, correct.
(53) It is important that we put Jesus into the context of history.
(54) In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
(55) This debate should be set in an international context .
(56) In the context of this chapter, Dore's comments strike a jarring note.
(57) It was this kind of historical context that Morris brought to his work.
(58) Still, I ache for context at times.
(59) But here is where even the everyday eating apple takes on a different meaning according to the context.
(60) Communication is also a social affair, usually taking place within the context of a fairly well defined social situation.
More similar words: contend, contest, contemplate, contemporary, a bone of contention, text, texture, textbook, on the contrary, control, contain, contract, contrast, confront, continue, continent, contribute, continued, container, continuous, contractor, by contrast, continuing, contributor, contrast to, contretemps, contribute to, controversy, contribution, out of control.