Learner's definition of CONTEXT. [count, noncount] 1. : the words that are used with a certain word or phrase and that help to explain its meaning. To really know a word, you must be able to use it in context. [=in a sentence with other words] [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. â If the words that someone has said are taken or quoted out of context, they are repeated without explaining the situation in which they were said so that their meaning is changed. When taken out of context, his comments sound cruel, but he was really only joking.
Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman as host of The Late Show, CBS announced Thursday, one week after Letterman told his audience that he would retire sometime in 2015. CBS said Colbert had signed a five-year contract to helm the iconic late-night broadcast.
When two of the hosts of CBSâ daytime talk show, The Talk, were fired, stories of co-host Julie Chenâs behavior on set started to bubble to the surface. Sources claimed that Chen, who is also the host of Big Brother, had been using her the position of her husband, CBS CEO Les Moonves, as a threat. âMy husband can fire your asses any day,â she allegedly said, according to The New York Post. STORY: CBS' Les Moonves Breaks His Silence on Charlie Sheen.