Context | Mean of context in English Dictionary

/ˈkɑːnˌtɛkst/

• Noun
• the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning
1. To really know a word, you must be able to use it in context. [=in a sentence with other words]
2. When taken out of context, his comments sound cruel, but he was really only joking.
3. The actor claimed he'd been quoted out of context.
• the situation in which something happens
1. We need to look at the event within the larger/broader context of world history.
2. The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
3. We need to consider these events in context.