Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 13 compound words that contain context. The most common are listed below. Open context in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- context menuA context-sensitive menu.
- out of contextWithout context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.
- context-sensitiveSensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.
- Historical context
- Social context
- context-free(Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point …
- take out of contextTo report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
- context-dependentThat is not absolute, that depends on context.
- context principleA position in the philosophy of language, stating that a word only carries useful meaning in the context of a proposition.
- context-free grammarA formal grammar in which every production rule is such that the left-hand side is exactly one non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side is zero or more terminal symbols and/or nonterminal symbols.
- context collapseThe flattening of multiple audiences into a single context, so that information intended for one audience finds its way to another, as with television and the Internet.
- context-free languageA language generated by a context-free grammar.
- licensing contextThe environment in which a polarity item is permitted to appear.
- high context cultureAlternative form of high-context culture.
- low context cultureAlternative form of low-context culture.
- context-sensitive grammarA formal grammar in which the left-hand sides and right-hand sides of any production rules may be surrounded by a context of terminal and nonterminal symbols.
- context-based learningAn educational approach that prioritizes practical experiences and real-life examples over theoretical concepts.
- context-free languagesplural of context-free language: A language generated by a context-free grammar.
- context menusplural of context menu: A context-sensitive menu.
- taken out of contextpast participle of take out of context: To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
- took out of contextsimple past of take out of context
- context clueThe surrounding information that can help a reader, spectator, etc. infer the meaning of an unknown or ambiguous word, plot point, etc.
- taking out of contextpresent participle and gerund of take out of context
- context cluesplural of context clue: The surrounding information that can help a reader, spectator, etc. infer the meaning of an unknown or ambiguous word, plot point, etc.
- context-free grammarsplural of context-free grammar: A formal grammar in which every production rule is such that the left-hand side is exactly one non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side is zero or more terminal symbols and/or nonterminal symbols.
Compound words 13
- contextomyThe act or practice of quoting somebody out of context, often to give a false impression of what they said.
- contextlesswithout context
- contextfulHaving context.
- macrocontextA broad and wide-ranging context.
- metacontextAn overarching context; a context within which other contexts can be used.
- microcontextA very narrow and specific context.
- multicontextSynonym of multicontextual: Relating to multiple contexts
- subcontextA context within another context; a context that is subordinate to another.
- supercontextThe parent context to which a subcontext belongs.
- supracontextThe larger context surrounding various subcontexts.