Definition of Context

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Context

Knit or woven together; close; firm.

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.

To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

Related Definitions:

Are, As, Associated, Bind, Close, Closely, Firm, Follow, Intimately, It, Knit, Light, Meaning, Of, Or, Part, Precede, Printed, Quoted, Scripture, Sentence, So, Something, Text, The, Throw, To, Together, Unite, Upon, Which, With, Woven, Written

Context Quotations

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith.
Reinhold Niebuhr

I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.
Margaret J. Wheatley

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.
Margaret J. Wheatley

I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.
Dean Koontz

In this context the British and Irish governments will have to promote a new, imaginative and dynamic alternative in which both governments will share power in the north.
Gerry Adams

The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.
Jeffrey Sachs

Some extremists take elements of the sacred scriptures out of context.
Cat Stevens

Taken out of context I must seem so strange.
Ani DiFranco

What we have to do is put this in a coherent form for them at the end of the day, and on the big events, give them the kind of context that they deserve.
Tom Brokaw

Context Translations

context in French is contexte
context in German is Zusammenhang
context in Norwegian is sammenheng
context in Spanish is contexto

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