historical context
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhistoricalandcontext
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historical
adjective
uk/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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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 ofhistoricalandcontextfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhistorical context
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What can be said here is that they will no doubt be found in the localisedhistoricalcontext.
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When viewed in ahistoricalcontext, our decisions may not be seen as more rational but at least their etiology may be better understood.
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In particular, the actors, their motivation and thehistoricalcontextare quite distinct.
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Disability is seen as the material product of socioeconomic relations developed within a specifichistoricalcontext.
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After setting the design in itshistoricalcontext(and here their contribution overlaps with that of others) they go on to justify its importance.
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The source of these ideas within ahistoricalcontextis acknowledged and their application in a number of our recent projects and buildings is illustrated.
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They highlight the common and diverse experiences affecting the participants, and how these experiences influence and are influenced by the larger, structural andhistoricalcontext.
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The opening panel thus presented the audience with a good deal ofhistoricalcontextand rather less analysis.
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Relatively few archival sources have been used, and the activists' stories could have been woven more effectively into the widerhistoricalcontext.
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The cultural capital of the law partly derives from its claim for universality beyond considerations of class andhistoricalcontext.
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Copiously documented, the ninety-seven pages of text tightly follow a chronological narrative that carefully places every author and reference inhistoricalcontext.
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Chapter 2 puts these items inhistoricalcontext.
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Taylor does not always demonstrate successfully his stated aim: to uncover the social andhistoricalcontextof exoticism.
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First a comprehensive consideration of thehistoricalcontextis necessary.
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Thehistoricalcontextwithin which a storm occurs may be as important, if not more so, than the intensity of the storm, per se.
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The worst passages in the text relate to the widerhistoricalcontext, where wild generalizations abound.
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Herhistoricalcontextfor the novel is also assured and comprehensive giving a context to the work that supports the close criticism.
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Embedding their exposition in itshistoricalcontextwould have in no way diminished the innovation entailed in their proposal.
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