CONTEXTS Synonyms

• the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

• the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare

• the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

• the environmental condition

• the area in which something exists or lives

• a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem

• extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured

• relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

• scenery hung at back of stage

• understate the importance or quality of

• the totality of surrounding conditions

• the area in which something exists or lives

• the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

• a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

• a single drawing in a comic strip

• an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

• a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

• a structure supporting or containing something

• a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror

• one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

• enclose in or as if in a frame

• enclose in a frame, as of a picture

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• formulate in a particular style or language

• make up plans or basic details for

• construct by fitting or uniting parts together

• a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process

• the underlying structure

• a structure supporting or containing something

• an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)

• a setting for a work of art or literature

• a postulated sequence of possible events

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

• a condition or position in which you find yourself

• a complex or critical or unusual difficulty

• physical position in relation to the surroundings

• a job in an organization

• a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• information that should be kept in mind when making a decision

• formal ceremony about important occasions

• the context and environment in which something is set

• the state of the environment in which a situation exists

• arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

• the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

• the physical position of something

• a table service for one person

• a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place

• discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

• discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation