- take out of context
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To interpret something in a manner in which it was not intended to be understood, often deliberately
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take out of context — index abstract (separate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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
take out of — phr verb Take out of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag, ↑basket, ↑box, ↑circulation, ↑context, ↑library, ↑oven, ↑service, ↑storage, ↑suitcase, ↑worry … Collocations 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 — vb to kill or destroy. A military euphemism which came to public notice in the USA during the Vietnam War. The term was subsequently appropriated for use in the context of crime and law enforce ment. ► I thought, if I could get my hands around… … Contemporary slang
Fallacy of quoting out of context — The practice of quoting out of context, sometimes referred to as contextomy or quote mining , is a logical fallacy and a type of false attribution in which a passage is removed from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its intended… … Wikipedia
Context-dependent memory — refers to improved recall of specific episodes or information when the context present at encoding and retrieval are the same. One particularly common example of context dependence at work occurs when an individual has lost an item (e.g. lost car … Wikipedia
context — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, full, general, larger, overall, wider ▪ You have to see the problem in a wider context. ▪ narrow … Collocations dictionary
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 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
