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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Context \Con"text\, n. [L. contextus cf F. contexte .] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Context \Con*text"\, v. t. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Context \Con*text"\, a. [L. contextus p. p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See {Text}.] Knit or woven together; close firm. [Obs.] The coats, without are context and callous. --Derham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: context n 1: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation [syn: {linguistic context}, {context of use}] 2: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" [syn: {circumstance}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: context That which surrounds, and gives meaning to something else.In a {grammar} it refers to the symbols before and after the symbol under consideration. If the syntax of a symbol is independent of its context, the grammar is said to be {context-free}.
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