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\section{Conclusion}  While a single word may be used in any number of contexts, its precise meaning is never entirely the same \cite{witten:pi1973}. This is not a difficult or unusual problem for human beings, as meaning is naturally contextualized by other facts about the world. Thus, humans can speak in broad terms without loss of meaning, as the finer details of the situation are understood in context. Humans possess an awareness of their current situation and a set of expectations about the world which allow them to discern the subtleties of its structure. In an effort to bridge the gap between the natural context sensitivity of human communication and the rigid context independence of the Semantic Web, this article has presented a simple model in which the meaning of a statement is defined in terms of other statements, much like the words of a dictionary are defined in terms of each other. This model serves to strengthen the association between concepts and the contexts in which they are to be understood.