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social context collocation in English

meanings of social and context

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with context. socialadjectiveuk /ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us /ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/ relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ... See more at socialcontextnoun [C]uk /ˈkɒn.tekst/us /ˈkɑːn.tekst/ the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help ... See more at context

(Definition of social and context from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of social context

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The relationship between technology and social context is bidirectional: the social context of deployment also impacts the technology during deployment. From the Cambridge English Corpus Again, social context theory does not make such an assumption. From the Cambridge English Corpus The late 20th-century economic reforms and the one-child policy have fundamentally reshaped the social context in which old age is experienced. From the Cambridge English Corpus Building on the social network approach, we focus on ten variables that give primary emphasis to the social context in which food habits are formed. From the Cambridge English Corpus In order to understand the meaning of the program better, however, we need to examine the politics as well as the social context. From the Cambridge English Corpus How does social context affect this process of noticing? From the Cambridge English Corpus The impact of the transition to high school on the self-system and perceived social context of poor urban youth. From the Cambridge English Corpus A social context of this type may reduce a child's risk for depression by fostering a sense of meaning, belonging, and optimism. From the Cambridge English Corpus Rather, it is their inability to use language for communication in a social context. From the Cambridge English Corpus In our view, several specific changes in perspective would advance research on the role of social context in psychopathological development. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sleep can also be mediated and moderated by social context. From the Cambridge English Corpus Another important determining factor might be the social context in the school. From the Cambridge English Corpus In other words, a larger social context is involved. From the Cambridge English Corpus Beyond early childhood, transactional processes continue to play themselves out in the child's ever widening social context. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this vein, he recognises the social context of contract law, in his suggestion that it should provide an infrastructure to encourage co-operative working relations. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, he considers law in its social context, but not law as a social process. From the Cambridge English Corpus The line to be drawn was the now familiar one between industrial relations and 'an arrangement within a family or social context'. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, in the social context category of contextual support, adjectives and verbs were more frequent than nouns. From the Cambridge English Corpus To help redress this imbalance, this article will also point to the fact that previous studies have tended to separate production from its social context. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of social Go to the definition of context See other collocations with context {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

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UK /ˈfræt.ə.naɪz/ US /ˈfræt̬.ɚ.naɪz/

to meet someone socially, especially someone who belongs to an opposing army or team, or has a different social position

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• Definition of social
• Definition of context
• Examples of social context
• Other collocations with context