con·text 
(kŏntĕkst′)
(kŏntĕkst′)n.
1. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
2. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.
[Middle English, composition, from Latin contextus, from past participle of contexere, to join together : com-, com- + texere, to weave; see teks- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]