The circumstances, setting, or situation in which something occurs; context (archaic or variant spelling).
From Latin 'contextus' (past participle of 'contexere': con- + texere, to weave). The word originally referred to the weaving together of threads and evolved to mean the connection or weaving together of ideas, words, and circumstances.
The root 'texere' (to weave) appears in 'text,' 'textile,' and 'texture'—so 'context' literally means 'woven with,' showing how meaning requires threads of circumstance woven together with the words themselves!
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