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Inglés		Español
context n	(surrounding words)	contexto nm
	The context of a new word should provide a clue about its meaning.
	El contexto de una nueva palabra debe proporcionar pistas sobre su significado.
context n	(circumstances)	contexto nm
	The politician insisted that his actions were justified given the context.
	El político insistió en que sus acciones se justificaban dado el contexto.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
in context adv	(in the original setting)	en contexto loc adv
	To put the statement in context, it was made before the discovery of bacteria as a cause of disease.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Voy a intentar poner su aseveración en contexto, para que no haya malentendidos.
		dentro del contexto loc adv
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El significado se entiende sólo dentro del contexto de la historia; así suelta, la afirmación parece un disparate.
wider social context n	(society at large, world in general)	contexto social más amplio loc nom m
	No me refiero sólo al grupo que vive en la Capital Federal, sino a un contexto social más amplio.
within this context adv	(in this sense)	en este contexto loc adv

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'context' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

abstract - as part of - background - background information - circumstance - consider the circumstances - contextual - contextualization - contextualize - corporate environment - decontextualize - historical background - in relation to - international setting - look at the bigger picture - school setting - situation - translatable - transpose

Spanish:

contexto - extrapolar - ante tal panorama - así las cosas - en el contexto - en el marco de - fuera de contexto - sacar algo de contexto - salirse por peteneras - matizar - poner en contexto - contextual - descontextualización

In Lists: Academic writing, Archaeology , Literature, more...

Synonyms: circumstances, situation, conditions, connection, setting, more...

Collocations: in a [real-life, working, work, political, sports, legal] context, see the [whole, wider, broader] context, [placed, explained] in a [modern, historical] context, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "context" in the title:

A "bridging context" of an ancient book
All of those thoughtforms will surface and be re-enacted in a present time context
Approach to the evaluation of errors in a caribbean context
as the context requires
As usual, context should be a key guide when translating
back in its social context
Because the vaccine is best given in the context of regular.
beg to be taken out of context
box, excavated from a securely dated context
Bridging context
changing location information context
Considering the context where - grammar
Context and rationale
Context clue
context clues
Context dropping/dropper
context is everything
context menu
context sensitive
Context Sensitivity
Context Sentence
Context setter
context-aware - information technology
context-loaded
Context-sensitive
context-sensitive solutions
context-setting
context-specific character
context-specific regulatory strategies
context/time-specific policies
more...

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