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noundiscourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
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"the historical context"nounthe set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
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- little small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)
- scene the context and environment in which something is set
- shift move from one setting or context to another
- conditions the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
- setting the context and environment in which something is set
- constant a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
- harris United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992)
- piracy hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
- biochemistry the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
- planck German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated quantum theory (1858-1947)