context Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
    linguistic context; context of use.
  2. noun the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
    setting; circumstance.
    • the historical context

WordNet

Con*text" adjective
Etymology
L. contextus, p.p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.
Definitions
  1. Knit or woven together; close; firm. Obs.
    The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.
Con"text noun
Etymology
L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .
Definitions
  1. The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
    According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.
Con*text" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. Obs. Feltham.
    The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.

Webster 1913