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If an exception occurs within the data context, there's no guarantee that the data context will be able to close the collection gracefully.

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  1. noun The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning.
  2. noun The circumstances in which an event occurs; a setting.

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  • And the context is the Earth -- the same context that we're trying to solve our problems in. —  Janine Benyus shares nature's designs
  • If an exception occurs within the data context, there's no guarantee that the data context will be able to close the collection gracefully. —  ASP.NET Forums
  • Rav Chaim Vital, in Shaarei Kedushah, states that mitzvos observed with out derech eretz as a context are as if performed by monkeys -- and monkeys get no credit for doing mitzvos. —  A Simple Jew
  • Numerous MSM articles replicate this bit of information from Mr. Corvino, but the only one worth reading for the context is the one from the —  NickQueen.com
  • The speeches from which quotations have been lifted from their context are available for anyone interested in the truth to read. —  The Corner
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  1. Middle English, composition, from Latin contextus, from past participle of contexere, to join together : com-, com- + texere, to weave; see teks- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin contextus, past participle of contexere, join or weave together: see contex.
  2. from Latin contextus, past participle: see the verb.
  3. = French contexte = Spanish Portuguese contexto = Italian contesto, from Latin contextus, a joining together, connection, from contexere, past participle contextus, join or weave together: see contex, context, v.
 

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/ˈkɑntɛkst/
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