Context - definition, pronunciation, transcription

We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.

The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.

We need to consider these events in context.

To appreciate what these changes will mean, it is necessary to look at them in context.

These incidents are best understood in the broader context of developments in rural society.

The meaning of 'mad' depends on its context.

This small battle is very important in the context of Scottish history.

Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context.

... it was Dickens who first used the word 'detective' in a literary context ...

Don't distort her meaning by taking her words out of context.

It's helpful to have concrete examples of how words are used in context.

...taking that statement completely out of context essentially falsifies it, whether that's your intention or not...

...the otherwise anodyne comments sounded quite inflammatory when taken out of context...

Whole sentences are lifted out of the context in which they have been presented.

The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context.