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contextualise

contextualise is the alternative spelling of contextualize.

Meaning of contextualize

Verb

contextualize (third-person singular simple present contextualizes, present participle contextualizing, simple past and past participle contextualized)

  1. To place something or someone in a particular context.
    • Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief...2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257
    Antonyms:
    decontextualize

Forms of contextualise

third-person singular presentcontextualises
present participlecontextualising
past participlecontextualised
pastcontextualised

Words formed from contextualise

Questions about contextualise

What is contextualise the alternative spelling of?
Contextualise is the alternative spelling of contextualize.

Words near contextualise in the dictionary

  1. contextual criticisms
  2. contextual inquiries
  3. contextual inquiry
  4. contextualisation
  5. contextualisations
  6. contextualise
  7. contextualised
  8. contextualiser
  9. contextualisers
  10. contextualises
  11. contextualising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contextualise (page history and authors); contextualize (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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