Synonyms for context
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Noun
1. Setting — the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the…
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Definitions
- n. 1
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
—In what context did your attack on him happen? —We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
Related words
- Word family
- contextomy
Forms
- Plural
- contexts → settings, backgrounds, frameworks, milieus…
Example sentences
- setting What was his motive for setting the house on fire?
- background Sami complained about the noise in the background.
- framework We need to keep Algeria within the socialist framework.
- milieu Tom got into trouble with the Milieu in France.
- circumstance Tom was an innocent victim of circumstance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| context | rising | |
| setting | steady | |
| background | steady | |
| framework | rising | |
| milieu | steady | |
| circumstance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- frame1
- 6 letters
- matter2, milieu2
- 7 letters
- setting2
- 8 letters
- backdrop2
- 9 letters
- framework2
- 10 letters
- background2
- 12 letters
- circumstance3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (matter2 = 2 syllables).