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contexting

contexting is the present participle and gerund of context.

Meaning of context

Verb

context (third-person singular simple present contexts, present participle contexting, simple past and past participle contexted)

  1. (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
    • The whole worlds frame, which is contexted onely by commerce and contracts.1638, Richard Younge, The Drunkard's Character: Or, a True Drunkard with Such Sinnes as Raigne in Him

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Questions about contexting

What is contexting the present participle and gerund of?
Contexting is the present participle and gerund of context.

Words near contexting in the dictionary

  1. context-sensitive grammar
  2. context-sensitive grammars
  3. contexted
  4. contextful
  5. contextfulness
  6. contexting
  7. contextless
  8. contextlessness
  9. contextomies
  10. contextomize
  11. contextomized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contexting (page history and authors); context (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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