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Meanings of context in English

Portuguese
contexto
Catalan
context
Spanish
contexto

Discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation.

        contexto
        Portuguese
        contexto
        Catalan
        context
        Spanish
        circunstancia

        The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event.

              contexto
              Russian
              контекст процесса
              Portuguese
              contexto
              Spanish
              contexto

              Data that must be saved to allow a computational task to be interrupted, and later continued from the same point.

                    контекст процесса
                    Usage of context in English
                    1
                    We have only 'compound', 'context', 'footfall', and a few other similar ones.
                    The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
                    2
                    As far as Love is concerned, context is the issue, not politics.
                    Wired
                    3
                    This critical review places important recent research results into a historical context.
                    Pubmed
                    4
                    BBC Online's Europe analyst Laurence Peter explains the context of the crisis.
                    BBC
                    5
                    It's also a car without competition, certainly in the South African context.
                    The South African
                    6
                    I don't know whether the word 'blame' is appropriate in this context.
                    Physics and Beyond: Encounters and Conversations
                    7
                    Can these lessons and policies work outside of the South African context?
                    The South African
                    8
                    Rather Nigeria's action should be seen in the context of present circumstances.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    The post-truth era is therefore anything but new within the African context.
                    The South African
                    10
                    Emotional health is best described in the context of feelings and actions.
                    The Irish Times
                    11
                    In the right context, the scary-looking number may prove the Ivorian's point.
                    Reuters
                    12
                    Munich provided unique context, of course, but even so, how times change.
                    The Guardian
                    13
                    Trump and his campaign said his words were taken out of context.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    Yet key questions regarding regulations, within the context of decriminalization, still persist.
                    The South African
                    15
                    That said, buying loans could work quite well in a European context.
                    Reuters
                    16
                    Yet even today, people talk about Hillsborough in the context of hooliganism.
                    The Guardian
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                    Common
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