in context

idiom

1

: in a sentence with other words

To really know a word, you must be able to use it in context.

2

: while thinking about the group of conditions that exist where and when something happens

We need to consider these events in context.

Examples of in context in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

White House correspondent, Francesca Chambers, to put last night in context. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024

As the evidence piled up, the researchers found bygone ethnographic texts that put everything in context. —science.org, 3 July 2024

Because while there might have been kernels of truth in naming all of her flaws, evaluating Kamala in the specific is impossible to do without evaluating Kamala in context. —Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 3 July 2024

Spin doctors are not new to presidential debates, but with fewer people having seen the full event in context, there will be more opportunity for selectively editing clips by the right to make Biden appear dazed and confused or by the left to show Trump as a bigot and a bully. —Susan Fillippeli, The Conversation, 25 June 2024