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- //We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
- //The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
- //We need to consider these events in context.
First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English contexte "text, composition," borrowed from Medieval Latin contextus "sequence, connection, setting," going back to Latin, "action of weaving, connection, coherence, ordered scheme, structure," from contexere "to weave together, connect (words), compose, combine" (from con- con- + texere "to weave, construct") + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at technical entry 1Examples
- //We need to look at the event within the larger context of world history.
- //The book puts these events in their proper historical and social contexts.
- //We need to consider these events in context.
First Known Use
1577, in the meaning defined at sense 1History and Etymology
Middle English contexte "text, composition," borrowed from Medieval Latin contextus "sequence, connection, setting," going back to Latin, "action of weaving, connection, coherence, ordered scheme, structure," from contexere "to weave together, connect (words), compose, combine" (from con- con- + texere "to weave, construct") + -tus, suffix of action nouns — more at technical entry 1