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context

conditions associated with a communicative event that provide resources for its appropriate interpretation
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context

Summary

context ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • context is a type of situation[2].
  • context is used for interpretation[3].
  • context comprises discourse topic[4].
  • context comprises text[5].
  • context comprises environment[6].
  • context comprises identity[7].
  • context comprises social status[8].
  • context's facet of is recorded as communication[9].
  • context's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[10].
  • context's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11].
  • context's different from is recorded as context[12].
  • context's studied by is recorded as semiotics[13].
  • context's studied by is recorded as linguistics[14].
  • context's studied by is recorded as sociology[15].
  • context's studied by is recorded as anthropology[16].

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Definition and Type

context is a type of situation[2].

Use and Application

context is used for interpretation[3]. Components include discourse topic[4]; text[5], a type of work[17]; environment[6], a topic[18]; identity[7]; and social status[8].

Why It Matters

context ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (536 views/month).[1] context has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] context is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

anthropology linguistics semiotics sociology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5, National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
    Has use → interpretation
    Has part(s) → discourse topic, text, environment +2
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11905, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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