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context (of a passage)
  1. 1 context (of a passage), line of thought
  2. 2 context (of a matter, event, etc.), circumstances, background
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The meaning of words can change according to their context.

    sense 1 · context (of a passage)

  • Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.

    sense 2 · context (of a matter, event, etc.)

  • The meaning of a word is determined by the context where it is used.

    sense 1 · context (of a passage)

  • An effective writer is one who knows what sort of words should be employed in any specific context.

    sense 1 · context (of a passage)

  • When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.

    sense 1 · context (of a passage)

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