[con.text] n [ME, weaving together of words, fr. L contextus connection of words, coherence, fr. contexere to weave together, fr. com- + texere to weave--more at technical] (ca. 1568) 1: the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning
2: the interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs: environment, setting -- con.text.less adj -- con.tex.tu.al adj -- con.tex.tu.al.ly adv