Context and Means

Context

Context noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Means and context are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Means" instead a noun "Context".

Nearby Words: contexture, contextual

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Context and means are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Context" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

better	better context	better means
similar	similar context	similar means
normal	normal context	normal means
certain	certain context	certain means
Other adjectives: many, legal, obvious, actual, real, little, necessary, supernatural, new, military, different, scientific.

While Davy is a bank robber, Roland still says this in the context of "you'll get worse" rather than this alone being proof of his point, suggesting that he means it in a more megalomaniacal context.

Source: Film / Jumper
Chuck Terbium keeps using the phrase "real talk", but no one seems to have any idea what "real talk" actually means (from context, it's possible it means something like "yeah, right").

Source: Webcomic / A Loonatic's Tale
In context, it really means "bimbo who'll take the fall when they get found out".

Source: Bilingual Bonus

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