out of context

See also: out-of-context

English

Alternative forms

• out-of-context

Adverb

out of context (comparative more out of context, superlative most out of context)

1. Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.

   They took his statements out of context and made him sound like an extremist.

Translations

without context that is needed for understanding

• Esperanto: el kunteksto
• Finnish: irrallaan asiayhteydestä, asian vierestä
• French: hors contexte
• French: hors contexte
• German: aus dem Kontext, aus dem Zusammenhang
• Polish: wyrwany z kontekstu
• Spanish: fuera del contexto
• Swahili: nje ya muktadha

See also

• contextomy
• decontextualize