take something out of context

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• take something out of context — take/quote/something out of context phrase to use only part of something that someone said, so that the original meaning is changed What I said has been taken completely out of context by the media. Thesaurus: to say something again, or to repeat …   Useful english dictionary

• quote something out of context — take/quote/something out of context phrase to use only part of something that someone said, so that the original meaning is changed What I said has been taken completely out of context by the media. Thesaurus: to say something again, or to repeat …   Useful english dictionary

• take out of context — verb To interpret something in a manner in which it was not intended to be understood, often deliberately …   Wiktionary

• context */*/*/ — UK [ˈkɒntekst] / US [ˈkɑnˌtekst] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms context : singular context plural contexts 1) the general situation in which something happens, which helps to explain it These events are meaningless outside their… …   English dictionary

• context — con|text [ kan,tekst ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) the general situation in which something happens, which helps explain it: These events are meaningless outside their historical context. in context: The decline in the stock market, though… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• context*/*/ — [ˈkɒntekst] noun [C/U] 1) the general situation in which something happens, that helps to explain it the historical context of the events[/ex] This fall in prices has to be seen in context.[/ex] 2) the words surrounding a particular word, that… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• context — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, full, general, larger, overall, wider ▪ You have to see the problem in a wider context. ▪ narrow …   Collocations dictionary

• context — con|text W1S3 [ˈkɔntekst US ˈka:n ] n [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: contextus connection of words , from contexere to weave together , from com ( COM ) + texere to weave ] 1.) the situation, events, or information that are related… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• context — noun (C) 1 the situation, events, or information that are related to something, and that help you to understand it better: These changes must be seen in their historical and social context. | in context (=considered together with the related… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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