context A2 Topic:Communication US /ˈkɑn.tɛkst/ UK /ˈkɒn.tɛkst/ See IPA manual Freq #7980 Meanings 1 noun The situation or set of facts that surround an event and help you understand it. You need to understand the historical context to grasp the war's causes. 2 noun The words around a particular word or phrase that help explain its meaning. Without context, I can't tell whether 'dish' means a plate or the food on it. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the situation or set of... settingbackgroundcircumstances 2 noun · the words around a... linguistic context ↔ Opposites isolation Word family Forms contexts Derived forms context-dependentcontext-freecontext-sensitivecontextfulcontextlesscontextomykwickwocmacrocontextmetacontextmicrocontextout-of-context Common collocations linguistic context Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Latin context(us). *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European contextus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Actions & Processes Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # context **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkɑn.tɛkst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒn.tɛkst/ **Frequency rank:** 7980 ## Meanings 1. The situation or set of facts that surround an event and help you understand it. 2. The words around a particular word or phrase that help explain its meaning. ## Examples - You need to understand the historical context to grasp the war's causes. - Without context, I can't tell whether 'dish' means a plate or the food on it. ## Antonyms - isolation ## Derived Forms - context-dependent - context-free - context-sensitive - contextful - contextless - contextomy - kwic - kwoc - macrocontext - metacontext - microcontext - out-of-context ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *tetḱ- - Root: contextus ## Etymology From Latin context(us). ## AI Etymology context is a noun, verb, and adjective. It is from Latin context(us). Historical forms in the chain include *tetḱ- (Proto-Indo-European) and contextus (Latin). Current senses include the situation or set of facts that surround an event and help you understand it and the words around a particular word or phrase that help explain its meaning. Derived forms include context-dependent, context-free, context-sensitive, contextful, and contextless. ## Topics - Communication - Actions & Processes - Register & Style markdown