context
context is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.] The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- accompaniment
- accompany
- according
- accordingly
- addition
- adjunct
- adventitious
- along
- and
- appendage
- appurtenance
- are
- arm
- associate
- associated
- association
- attend
- attendant
- attitude
- attribute
- attribution
- bear
- being
- boat
- body
- bring
- case
- causation
- certain
- cheek
- circumstance
- circumstantial
- coefficiency
- coefficient
- coexist
- coexistence
- colleague
- collectively
- comes
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is context.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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