Context

//ˈkɒn.tɛkst//

Synonyms for "context" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Noun(3 words)

alentours ambiance ambience ambit background borderland borderlands circle circuit

Strong matches (18)

circumambiencies circumjacencies circumstances compass entourage environing circumstances environment environs existing conditions frame of reference framework full particulars gestalt habitat

Noun(4 words)

circumstance context of use frame framework

Related words (29)

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

2 entries

discourse environment

More specific

1 entries

subcontext

Antonyms

1 entries

isolation

Related terms

4 entries

provenance provenience unprovenanced unprovenienced

capable of

1 entries

matter lot

coordinate

4 entries

epitext paratext peritext subtext

dbpedia genre

1 entries

text editor

derived

29 entries

KWIC KWOC context clue context collapse context menu context principle context-based learning context-dependent context-free context-free grammar context-free language context-sensitive context-sensitive grammar contextful contextless contextomy

Showing 16 of 29 words.

has context

4 entries

archaeology linguistics logic mycology

is a

4 entries

discourse environment information software

related to

23 entries

artifact ascertain background bind circumstance contextual contextually environment event flesh free variable function knit meaning mushroom passage

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Translations

137 translations across 66 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

konteks noun (circumstances or settings)
konteks noun (text in which a word appears)

Albanian

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Arabic

1 entries

سِيَاق noun (text in which a word appears)

Armenian

3 entries

կոնտեքստ noun (text in which a word appears)
համատեքստ noun (circumstances or settings)
համատեքստ noun (text in which a word appears)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Basque

1 entries

testuinguru noun (circumstances or settings)

Belarusian

1 entries

кантэ́кст noun (text in which a word appears)

Bulgarian

3 entries

конте́кст noun (text in which a word appears)
обстано́вка noun (circumstances or settings)
ситуа́ция noun (circumstances or settings)

Catalan

1 entries

context noun (text in which a word appears)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

上下文 noun (text in which a word appears)
前後文 /前后文 noun (text in which a word appears)
場合 /场合 noun (circumstances or settings)
情況 /情况 noun (circumstances or settings)

Czech

3 entries

kontext noun (circumstances or settings)
kontext noun (text in which a word appears)
souvislosti noun (circumstances or settings)

Danish

3 entries

kontekst noun (circumstances or settings)
kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)
sammenhæng noun (circumstances or settings)

Dutch

2 entries

context noun (circumstances or settings)
context noun (text in which a word appears)

Esperanto

1 entries

kunteksto noun (text in which a word appears)

Estonian

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Finnish

4 entries

asiayhteys noun (circumstances or settings)
asiayhteys noun (text in which a word appears)
konteksti noun (circumstances or settings)
konteksti noun (text in which a word appears)

French

2 entries

contexte noun (circumstances or settings)
contexte noun (text in which a word appears)

Galician

2 entries

contexto noun (circumstances or settings)
contexto noun (text in which a word appears)

Georgian

1 entries

კონტექსტი noun (text in which a word appears)

German

3 entries

Kontext noun (circumstances or settings)
Kontext noun (text in which a word appears)
Zusammenhang noun (circumstances or settings)

Greek

3 entries

πλαίσιο noun (circumstances or settings)
συμφραζόμενα noun (circumstances or settings)
συμφραζόμενα noun (text in which a word appears)

Hebrew

2 entries

הֶקְשֵׁר noun (circumstances or settings)
הֶקְשֵׁר noun (text in which a word appears)

Hindi

2 entries

संदर्भ noun (circumstances or settings)
संदर्भ noun (text in which a word appears)

Hungarian

4 entries

kontextus noun (circumstances or settings)
kontextus noun (text in which a word appears)
szövegkörnyezet noun (text in which a word appears)
szövegösszefüggés noun (text in which a word appears)

Icelandic

2 entries

samhengi noun (circumstances or settings)
samhengi noun (text in which a word appears)

Ido

1 entries

kuntexto noun (text in which a word appears)

Indonesian

1 entries

konteks noun (text in which a word appears)

Irish

2 entries

comhthéacs noun (circumstances or settings)
comhthéacs noun (text in which a word appears)

Italian

2 entries

contesto noun (circumstances or settings)
contesto noun (text in which a word appears)

Japanese

4 entries

前後関係 noun (circumstances or settings)
前後関係 noun (text in which a word appears)
文脈 noun (text in which a word appears)
状況 noun (circumstances or settings)

Kazakh

2 entries

контекст noun (text in which a word appears)
мәнмәтін noun (text in which a word appears)

Khmer

1 entries

កាលៈទេសៈ noun (circumstances or settings)

Korean

4 entries

맥락 noun (circumstances or settings)
맥락 noun (text in which a word appears)
문맥 noun (text in which a word appears)
바탕 noun (circumstances or settings)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

контекст noun (text in which a word appears)

Latvian

1 entries

konteksts noun (text in which a word appears)

Lithuanian

1 entries

kontekstas noun (text in which a word appears)

Macedonian

1 entries

контекст noun (text in which a word appears)

Malay

1 entries

konteks noun (text in which a word appears)

Manx

2 entries

co-lhaih noun (text in which a word appears)
cohecks noun (text in which a word appears)

Mongolian

1 entries

контекст noun (text in which a word appears)

Māori

1 entries

horopaki noun (circumstances or settings)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

pêwend noun (text in which a word appears)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

kontekst noun (circumstances or settings)
kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)
sammenheng noun (circumstances or settings)
sammenheng noun (text in which a word appears)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

kontekst noun (circumstances or settings)
kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)
samanheng noun (circumstances or settings)
samanheng noun (text in which a word appears)

Persian

4 entries

بافت noun (text in which a word appears)
زمینه noun (text in which a word appears)
متن noun (text in which a word appears)
وضعلان noun (circumstances or settings)

Polish

2 entries

kontekst noun (circumstances or settings)
kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Portuguese

2 entries

contexto noun (circumstances or settings)
contexto noun (text in which a word appears)

Romanian

2 entries

context noun (circumstances or settings)
context noun (text in which a word appears)

Russian

4 entries

конте́кст noun (circumstances or settings)
конте́кст noun (text in which a word appears)
обстано́вка noun (circumstances or settings)
ситуа́ция noun (circumstances or settings)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

co-theacsa noun (circumstances or settings)
co-theacsa noun (text in which a word appears)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

kòntekst noun (text in which a word appears)
ко̀нтекст noun (text in which a word appears)

Slovak

1 entries

kontext noun (text in which a word appears)

Slovene

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Spanish

3 entries

contexto noun (circumstances or settings)
contexto noun (text in which a word appears)
marco noun (circumstances or settings)

Swedish

3 entries

kontext noun (circumstances or settings)
kontext noun (text in which a word appears)
sammanhang noun (circumstances or settings)

Tagalog

2 entries

kalamnan noun (circumstances or settings)
kalamnan noun (text in which a word appears)

Tajik

1 entries

матн noun (text in which a word appears)

Tatar

1 entries

контекст noun (text in which a word appears)

Telugu

1 entries

సందర్భం noun (circumstances or settings)

Thai

1 entries

บริบท noun (text in which a word appears)

Turkish

2 entries

bağlam noun (text in which a word appears)
kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Turkmen

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Ukrainian

1 entries

конте́кст noun (text in which a word appears)

Uzbek

1 entries

kontekst noun (text in which a word appears)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bối cảnh noun (circumstances or settings)
mạch văn noun (text in which a word appears)
ngữ cảnh noun (text in which a word appears)
văn cảnh noun (text in which a word appears)

Welsh

1 entries

cyd-destun noun (text in which a word appears)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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It depends on the context.

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If you don't understand something, it's because you aren't aware of its context.

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The meaning of words can change according to their context.

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The meaning of a word is determined by the context where it is used.

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Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.

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