context

ˈkäntekst

  • The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
  • The circumstances that create the settings of an event, idea or statement.
  • Aids in fully understanding an event, without context nothing can be fully understood or examined

For instance, without understanding the political and economic turmoil before World War II historians would not be able to fully understand the events of the war.

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