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context

Type: noun

Definitions: (noun) Something’s context is the situation that it happens in.

Examples: (noun) Newspapers often take phrases in interviews out of context so that they sound worse than they really are. (noun) The meaning of words can change depending on the context of the sentence.

Synonyms: nouns: situation, circumstance.

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