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Synonyms: content, contest, contex, contect, cotext

Antonyms: content, contest, contex, contect, cotext

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|surroundings, circumstances, background, setting, or similar}} The [[surrounding]]s, [[circumstance]]s, [[environment]], [[background]] or [[setting]]s that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an [[event]] or other occurrence.
2. {{senseid|en|text in which a word appears}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} The [[text]] in which a [[word]] or [[passage]] appears and which helps [[ascertain]] its [[meaning]].
3. {{senseid|en|surroundings in situ, in archaeology}} {{lb|en|archaeology}} The [[surrounding]]s and [[environment]] in which an [[artifact]] is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's [[function]] and/or cultural [[meaning]].
4. {{senseid|en|trama of a mushroom}} {{lb|en|mycology}} The [[trama]] or [[flesh]] of a [[mushroom]].
5. {{senseid|en|finite set of variables concerning a formula, in logic}} {{lb|en|logic}} ''For a formula'': a finite set of [[variable]]s, which set contains all the [[free variable]]s in the given formula.
6. {{senseid|en|data needed to switch threads in computational execution}} {{lb|en|programming}} The [[data]] ([[register]] contents, [[program counter]] value, etc.) needed to [[switch]] to another [[thread]] of [[execution]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[knit]] or [[bind]] together; to [[unite]] closely.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Knit or woven together; close; firm.

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