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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "context",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the situation in which something happens and that helps you to understand it",
"sensetop": "in a contextin/within the context of somethingin contextcontext for somethingcontext for doing something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to examine the **wider/broader context** of the war"
},
{
"text": "the **historical/cultural/social context**"
},
{
"text": "The government must consider the context of the protests."
},
{
"text": "This kind of propaganda is used in many different contexts.",
"contextForm": "in a context"
},
{
"text": "Such databases are being used in a wide range of contexts."
},
{
"text": "Institutions **provide a context** in which individuals can take on different roles."
},
{
"text": "This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s.",
"contextForm": "in/within the context of something"
},
{
"text": "His decision can only be understood in context.",
"contextForm": "in context"
},
{
"text": "I think it's important to **put this into context**."
},
{
"text": "A ceasefire is the essential context for meaningful negotiations.",
"contextForm": "context for something"
},
{
"text": "a neutral context for sharing and debating ideas",
"contextForm": "context for doing something"
},
{
"text": "Children need meaningful contexts for their work in science."
},
{
"text": "How can teachers create the right context for kids?"
},
{
"text": "It is natural to find conflict in the work environment, in the family, or any other human context."
},
{
"text": "Similar problems have arisen in other contexts."
},
{
"text": "These actions only have meaning within certain specific contexts."
},
{
"text": "You can't just look at it in terms of the immediate problem. You've got to see it in a wider context."
},
{
"text": "You have to look at these remarks within the context of the recent scandals."
},
{
"text": "You have to see the problem in a wider context."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "full", "general"],
"verb + context": [
"give (somebody)",
"offer (somebody)",
"provide (somebody with)"
],
"preposition": [
"in (a/the) context",
"within a/the context",
"context for"
],
"phrases": ["a range of contexts", "a variety of contexts"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning",
"sensetop": "out of contextin context",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context."
},
{
"text": "The context of the quotation makes her meaning quite clear."
},
{
"text": "This quotation has been **taken out of context** *(= repeated without referring to the rest of the text)*.",
"contextForm": "out of context"
},
{
"text": "You need to look at the words in context.",
"contextForm": "in context"
},
{
"text": "to present examples of language in use in an appropriate context"
},
{
"text": "Her reply was quoted out of context and seemed to mean something quite different from what she had intended."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["broad", "full", "general"],
"verb + context": [
"give (somebody)",
"offer (somebody)",
"provide (somebody with)"
],
"preposition": [
"in (a/the) context",
"within a/the context",
"context for"
],
"phrases": ["a range of contexts", "a variety of contexts"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɒntekst/",
"audio": "xc/context/xcontext__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːntekst/",
"audio": "xc/context/xcontext__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text): from Latin contextus, from con- ‘together’ + texere ‘to weave’."
}