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title: 'API docs: context.context.on_1'
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## Context.on() method

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
on(event: string | symbol, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  event | string \| symbol |  |
|  listener | (...args: any\[\]) =&gt; void |  |

<b>Returns:</b>

this