context
nounverified·updated May 12, 2026
The circumstances and conditions that surround an event or environment.
Framework senses
- §1
- The circumstances and conditions that surround an event or environment.
- §1
- The immediate environment in which a function (or set of functions in a diagram) operates
- §1
- the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs.
- §1
- The context is the circumstances, purpose, and perspective under which an object is defined or used.
- §1
- discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
- §2
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event