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English Dictionary: context	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
context n discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation Synonym(s): context, linguistic context, context of use the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context" Synonym(s): context, circumstance, setting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Context \Context"\, 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 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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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}.