geographical context

collocation in English

meaningsofgeographicalandcontext

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geographical
adjective
uk
/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌdʒi.əˈɡræf.ɪ.kəl/
relating to geography, or to the geography of a particular area ...
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context
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.tekst/us
/ˈkɑːn.tekst/
the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help ...
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(Definition ofgeographicalandcontextfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgeographical context

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A rather uncertain grasp of the historical andgeographicalcontextcomes out in several ways.
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Local and historical developments could only be understood in a widergeographicalcontext.
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There was no legacy that placed the areas visited into ageographicalcontext.
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In a widergeographicalcontext, someone can still live in a country but the matter becomes less clear in the case of an island.
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That thegeographicalcontextof insular urban studies will have to be widened is also clear.
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In ageographicalcontext, however, a clime came to denote a small latidudinal band stretching from east to west and included between two parallels.
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In a survey such as this, an accurategeographicalcontextis important and particularly beneficial for nonspecialist readers.
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Is there something about thegeographicalcontextitself that changes attitudes, above and beyond the influence of individual traits?
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The trajectory of her symphonic projects reveals an almost cynical tendency to vary thegeographicalcontextof a single formula according to this or that nationalistic concern.
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I should like to start by setting this debate in itsgeographicalcontext.
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This natural fit is most apparent in ageographicalcontext.
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What is more, we must start solving them by looking at fundamental political and economic problems and not considering matters in ageographicalcontext.
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Rivers were rafted and mountains were climbed solely for the sake of recreation, not to determine theirgeographicalcontext.
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The genre includes any written account of criminal activity, crime detection and/or crime solving, set in any historical orgeographicalcontext, and usually involves a strong element of suspense.
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Within ageographicalcontext, this type of analysis provides insight into how territory is brought under state control, and how the regulation of human interaction with this territory is achieved.
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It is broad in that it is concerned with all legal discourse (both law talk and talk about law) in widening geographical contexts.
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The exploration of race and ethnicity in the modern city remains a major focus for historical research in a number of different geographical contexts this year.
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Building up sufficient trust presents a challenge, as does the fact that countries work in different conditions and geographical contexts, and have different legal systems and priorities.
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