The situation or circumstances that form the background of an event, statement, or idea
To understand the joke, you need to know the context in which it was told.
The words or ideas that come before and after a particular word or phrase, and help to explain its meaning
The context of the sentence made it clear that 'bank' referred to the side of a river, not a financial institution.
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