Meanings
adjectivecontext-free (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciences(Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point does not depend on the rest of the sentence
- not comparablehuman sciences(Of a formal language) which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar (sense 1)
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “linguistics”
Opposite
Origin
- Englishcontext
- Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
- Proto-Indo-European*priHós
- Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*friu
- Old Englishfrēo
- Englishcontext-free
Translations
Finnish yhteydetön, kontekstivapaa
- yhteydetönlinguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar
- kontekstivapaalinguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar
German kontextfrei
- kontextfreilinguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar
Icelandic samhengisfrjáls
- samhengisfrjálslinguistics, formal language: which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar
Cite this entry
APA
context-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/context-free
MLA
“context-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/context-free. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “context-free,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/context-free.
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