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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
  • n. The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
  • n. The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
  • n. The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
  • n. The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
  • v. To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Knit or woven together; close; firm.
  • n. The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
  • v. To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To knit together; connect.
  • Knit or woven together; close; firm.
  • n. Texture; specifically, the entire text or connected structure of a discourse or writing.
  • n. . Less properly, the parts of a writing or discourse which precede or follow, and are directly connected with, some other part referred to or quoted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation
  • n. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
  • Antonym
    isolation   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    discourse   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    close    firm    Tex.   
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