contextn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒntɛkst/, U.S.

/ˈkɑntɛkst/

Forms: In Middle English–1500s -texte.

Etymology: < Latin contextus (u-stem) connection, < participial stem of contexĕre to weave together, connect (see above). Compare modern French contexte (in Cotgrave).

†1. The weaving together of words and sentences; construction of speech, literary composition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing

diting1382

settinga1450

writingc1450

makinga1470

context?a1475

indite1508

inditing?a1513

inditement1567

contexture1603

composal1615

composing1873

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 5 In the contexte historicalle [L. contextu historico] the rewle off lyvenge and forme of vertues moralle..ȝiffe grete resplendence thro the diligence of croniclers.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 49 Since these Kings ther is little difference in the context of [the French] speech, but only in the choice of words, and softnes of pronunciation.

†2. concrete. The connected structure of a writing or composition; a continuous text or composition with parts duly connected. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > body of composition

textc1369

bodyc1405

contexta1530

contexturea1619

body text1892

body copy1926

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi Though the aungell in the contexte of his salutacyon expressed not this name Maria.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiij The bokes of the Euangelistes, vulgarely called the gospelles, which be one contexte of an historie.

1633 H. Garthwaite (title) The Evangelical Harmonie, reducing the Four Evangelists into one Continued Context.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Pref. 1 That book, within whose sacred context all wisdome is infolded.

figurative.1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. vi. 85 The skilful Glosse of her reflection But paints the Context of thy course Complexion.

†3. The connection or coherence between the parts of a discourse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] > coherence

context1604

coherencea1623

connection1651

coherency1837

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Context, the agreeing of the matter going before, with that which followeth.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. B5^v I haue..hindered not the context, and roundnesse of the speech.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 141 The context, or alliance that the text hath with the protext, or verse immediately foregoing.

a. concrete. The whole structure of a connected passage regarded in its bearing upon any of the parts which constitute it; the parts which immediately precede or follow any particular passage or ‘text’ and determine its meaning. (Formerly circumstance; see circumstance n. 1c.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > context > [noun]

context1577

co-text1964

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > context

circumstance1549

context1577

coherence1583

coherent1607

contexture1608

connection1724

environment1874

1577 W. Fulke Answer True Christian 84 in Two Treat. against Papistes When the articles following are spoken in one context and phrase.

1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. (Parker Soc.) 561 The whole context is this: ‘Let no man say,’ etc.

1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 24 If it bee meant of..thou, that were absonant from the..context.

c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 1 That we may understand these words aright, it will be necessary to take a short view of the context.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §73. 80 A Word pronounced with certain Circumstances, or in a certain Context with other Words.

a1714 J. Sharp Wks. VII. xv. (R.) To this I answer plainly according to all the light that the contexts afford in this matter.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 46 I wish honourable gentlemen would have the fairness to give the entire context of what I did say, and not pick out detached words.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. iii. 294 A paragraph..unintelligible from want of context.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 9 We carry on with us from day to day the whole moral context of the day gone by.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 221 It is literally impossible, without consulting the context of the building, to say whether the cusps have been added for the sake of beauty or of strength.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. v. 281 The position of facts in the context of experience.

c. in this context: in this connection.

ΚΠ

1873 R. Congreve Ess. (1874) 480 I should avail myself of the words of one of our number—not used in this context, but suiting my present purpose.

†5. = contexture n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > [noun] > texture

grain1579

contexturea1639

texture1660

context1706

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > manner of

contexture1605

context1766

1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. xii. 14 Sooner penetrate a Board, Than by a Cut or Thrust divide The Context of the stubborn Hide.

1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 274 The Union of Soul and Body..that mistic Context.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

context-theory n.

ΚΠ

1936 J. R. Kantor Objective Psychol. Gram. ix. 116 The context theory. According to this theory, what a word means depends upon its connection in past experience with some other thing.

C2.

context-bound n.

ΚΠ

1965 Language 41 506 Further, synonymy must be context-bound.

context-free n.

ΚΠ

1957 J. Passmore 100 Years Philos. i. 16 All nouns and all adjectives..are context-free names.

1959 I. de Sola Pool Trends in Content Anal. vii. 219 Context-free measurement of symbolic forms which are instrumentally manipulated is apt to be misleading.

context-sensitive n.

ΚΠ

1964 Language 40 317 A prosodic feature is one involved in a context-sensitive phonological rule.

1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax i. 61 The theory of context-sensitive phrase-structure grammar..probably does not fail in weak generative capacity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† contextadj.

Etymology: < Latin contextus, past participle of contexĕre (see context n.), coinciding with a native past participle of contex verb.

Obsolete.

Woven or knit together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven

writhenOE

twinedc1300

locked1488

wreathena1500

plait1529

implicatec1540

context?1541

twisted1548

weaved1552

wreathed?1552

texed1572

well-woven1578

woven1590

interlaced1593

entrailed1599

entest1608

implicit1608

folden1612

inextricate?1615

intertissueda1616

complicatea1626

enwreathed1631

interwoven1642

inwoven1667

intertwineda1680

plectilea1682

well-wove1690

implicated1761

osiered1820

inwrought1824

complected1828

impleached1829

internetted1849

enlaced1851

threaded1853

interknit1885

interwrought1895

pleached1896

interweaved1898

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Cij^v The skynne is composed & context and wouen with thredes and vaynes.

1661 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) iii. iv. 71 Describe how such a string may be context.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 222 Hollow and thin for Lightness, but withal context and firm, for Strength.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† contextv.

Etymology: < Latin context- participial stem of contexĕre to contex v.

Obsolete.

To weave together; = contex v. (Perhaps only in past participle)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)]

setc888

adighteOE

awriteeOE

writeeOE

dightc1000

workOE

makelOE

brevea1225

ditea1300

aditec1330

indite1340

betravail1387

compone1393

saya1475

compile1477

compose1483

comprise1485

recite1523

pen1530

contex1542

invent1576

author1597

context1628

to make up1630

spawn1631

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > intricately

interlacec1374

entermeenec1443

enterlade1545

weave1545

twist1574

interwork1603

interweave1612

context1628

involve1651

warp1803

thread1853

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xvi. sig. L Euen to the vngluing of the whole worlds frame; Contexted onely, by Commerce, and Contracts.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 343 So have I contexted a continued Catalogue and List.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 135 Count the threads whereof they [events] are contexted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	context
释义	contextn. Brit. /ˈkɒntɛkst/, U.S. /ˈkɑntɛkst/ Forms: In Middle English–1500s -texte. Etymology: < Latin contextus (u-stem) connection, < participial stem of contexĕre to weave together, connect (see above). Compare modern French contexte (in Cotgrave). †1. The weaving together of words and sentences; construction of speech, literary composition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing diting1382 settinga1450 writingc1450 makinga1470 context?a1475 indite1508 inditing?a1513 inditement1567 contexture1603 composal1615 composing1873 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 5 In the contexte historicalle [L. contextu historico] the rewle off lyvenge and forme of vertues moralle..ȝiffe grete resplendence thro the diligence of croniclers. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 49 Since these Kings ther is little difference in the context of [the French] speech, but only in the choice of words, and softnes of pronunciation. †2. concrete. The connected structure of a writing or composition; a continuous text or composition with parts duly connected. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > body of composition textc1369 bodyc1405 contexta1530 contexturea1619 body text1892 body copy1926 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxi Though the aungell in the contexte of his salutacyon expressed not this name Maria. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxiv. sig. hiij The bokes of the Euangelistes, vulgarely called the gospelles, which be one contexte of an historie. 1633 H. Garthwaite (title) The Evangelical Harmonie, reducing the Four Evangelists into one Continued Context. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. Pref. 1 That book, within whose sacred context all wisdome is infolded. figurative.1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. vi. 85 The skilful Glosse of her reflection But paints the Context of thy course Complexion. †3. The connection or coherence between the parts of a discourse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] > coherence context1604 coherencea1623 connection1651 coherency1837 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Context, the agreeing of the matter going before, with that which followeth. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. B5^v I haue..hindered not the context, and roundnesse of the speech. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 141 The context, or alliance that the text hath with the protext, or verse immediately foregoing. 4. a. concrete. The whole structure of a connected passage regarded in its bearing upon any of the parts which constitute it; the parts which immediately precede or follow any particular passage or ‘text’ and determine its meaning. (Formerly circumstance; see circumstance n. 1c.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > context > [noun] context1577 co-text1964 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > context circumstance1549 context1577 coherence1583 coherent1607 contexture1608 connection1724 environment1874 1577 W. Fulke Answer True Christian 84 in Two Treat. against Papistes When the articles following are spoken in one context and phrase. 1583 W. Fulke Def. Transl. Script. (Parker Soc.) 561 The whole context is this: ‘Let no man say,’ etc. 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 24 If it bee meant of..thou, that were absonant from the..context. c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) II. 1 That we may understand these words aright, it will be necessary to take a short view of the context. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §73. 80 A Word pronounced with certain Circumstances, or in a certain Context with other Words. a1714 J. Sharp Wks. VII. xv. (R.) To this I answer plainly according to all the light that the contexts afford in this matter. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 46 I wish honourable gentlemen would have the fairness to give the entire context of what I did say, and not pick out detached words. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. iii. 294 A paragraph..unintelligible from want of context. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 9 We carry on with us from day to day the whole moral context of the day gone by. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 221 It is literally impossible, without consulting the context of the building, to say whether the cusps have been added for the sake of beauty or of strength. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. v. 281 The position of facts in the context of experience. c. in this context: in this connection. ΚΠ 1873 R. Congreve Ess. (1874) 480 I should avail myself of the words of one of our number—not used in this context, but suiting my present purpose. †5. = contexture n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > [noun] > texture grain1579 contexturea1639 texture1660 context1706 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > manner of contexture1605 context1766 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. xii. 14 Sooner penetrate a Board, Than by a Cut or Thrust divide The Context of the stubborn Hide. 1766 R. Griffith & E. Griffith Lett. Henry & Frances III. 274 The Union of Soul and Body..that mistic Context. Compounds C1. General attributive. context-theory n. ΚΠ 1936 J. R. Kantor Objective Psychol. Gram. ix. 116 The context theory. According to this theory, what a word means depends upon its connection in past experience with some other thing. C2. context-bound n. ΚΠ 1965 Language 41 506 Further, synonymy must be context-bound. context-free n. ΚΠ 1957 J. Passmore 100 Years Philos. i. 16 All nouns and all adjectives..are context-free names. 1959 I. de Sola Pool Trends in Content Anal. vii. 219 Context-free measurement of symbolic forms which are instrumentally manipulated is apt to be misleading. context-sensitive n. ΚΠ 1964 Language 40 317 A prosodic feature is one involved in a context-sensitive phonological rule. 1965 N. Chomsky Aspects Theory Syntax i. 61 The theory of context-sensitive phrase-structure grammar..probably does not fail in weak generative capacity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † contextadj. Etymology: < Latin contextus, past participle of contexĕre (see context n.), coinciding with a native past participle of contex verb. Obsolete. Woven or knit together. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven writhenOE twinedc1300 locked1488 wreathena1500 plait1529 implicatec1540 context?1541 twisted1548 weaved1552 wreathed?1552 texed1572 well-woven1578 woven1590 interlaced1593 entrailed1599 entest1608 implicit1608 folden1612 inextricate?1615 intertissueda1616 complicatea1626 enwreathed1631 interwoven1642 inwoven1667 intertwineda1680 plectilea1682 well-wove1690 implicated1761 osiered1820 inwrought1824 complected1828 impleached1829 internetted1849 enlaced1851 threaded1853 interknit1885 interwrought1895 pleached1896 interweaved1898 ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Cij^v The skynne is composed & context and wouen with thredes and vaynes. 1661 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) iii. iv. 71 Describe how such a string may be context. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xii. 222 Hollow and thin for Lightness, but withal context and firm, for Strength. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † contextv. Etymology: < Latin context- participial stem of contexĕre to contex v. Obsolete. To weave together; = contex v. (Perhaps only in past participle) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > intricately interlacec1374 entermeenec1443 enterlade1545 weave1545 twist1574 interwork1603 interweave1612 context1628 involve1651 warp1803 thread1853 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xvi. sig. L Euen to the vngluing of the whole worlds frame; Contexted onely, by Commerce, and Contracts. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 343 So have I contexted a continued Catalogue and List. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 135 Count the threads whereof they [events] are contexted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?a1475adj.?1541v.1628
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