English-Dutch translations for context

• context
  Dit hoort allemaal bij de context van het akkoord. All this must be seen in context.
  Ze zijn ontdaan van alle context. They have been stripped of all context.
  De politiek is een context, en wij hebben de context. Politics is a context and we have the context.

Definition of context

• The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence
• The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning
• The trama or flesh of a mushroom
• To knit or bind together; to unite closely
• Knit or woven together; close; firm

Examples

• In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.

Related words

• contextual
• contextualization
• contextualize
• contextualisation
• context-free
• contexture
• context-sensitive
• acontextual
• recontextualize