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Linguistic context

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Context noun · 86% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Analysis and evaluation, Textual analysis, Literary analysis.

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Context of use noun · 86% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Illation noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Textual analysis.

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Inference noun · 85% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Textual analysis.

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Ambiguity noun · 85% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.

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Equivocalness noun · 85% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.

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Motion noun · 85% connection

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for t…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Analysis and evaluation.

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Question noun · 85% connection

a formal proposal for action made to a deliberative assembly for discussion and vote; "he made a motion to adjourn"; "she called for t…

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Analysis and evaluation.

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Deduction noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Textual analysis.

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Entailment noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Implication noun · 85% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Textual analysis.

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Analogy noun · 84% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Corollary noun · 84% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Derivation noun · 84% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Presumption noun · 84% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Textual analysis.

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Equivocation noun · 84% connection

intentionally vague or ambiguous

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.

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Prevarication noun · 84% connection

intentionally vague or ambiguous

Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

Used in the same subject area: Literature and rhetoric, Literary analysis.

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Ampere noun · 78% connection

The unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the un…