context
noun
[ ˈkɒntɛkst ]
• the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood.
• "the proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives"
Similar:
circumstances,
conditions,
surroundings,
factors,
state of affairs,
situation,
environment,
milieu,
setting,
background,
backdrop,
scene,
climate,
atmosphere,
ambience,
mood,
feel,
frame of reference,
contextual relationship,
text,
subject,
theme,
topic,
Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text): from Latin contextus, from con- ‘together’ + texere ‘to weave’.
