CONTEXT

(TEXT/SPEECH) [noun] [C] - the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaningIn this exercise the word itself is blanked out so you have to guess what it is by looking at the context.If someone complains that their words have been used out of context they mean that only a small, separate part of what they originally said or wrote has been reported and without the surrounding words its meaning is unclear, lost or deceiving.The papers quoted/took my remarks completely out of context.