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contextualization

contextualization noun: the act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.

Noun

contextualization (countable and uncountable, plural contextualizations)

  1. The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.

Forms of contextualization

pluralcontextualizations
alternative formcontextualisation

Origin of contextualization

From contextual + -ization.

Words formed from contextualization

Questions about contextualization

What does contextualization mean?
Contextualization means the act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.
What part of speech is contextualization?
Contextualization is a noun.
What is the plural of contextualization?
The plural of contextualization is contextualizations.

Words near contextualization in the dictionary

  1. contextualistically
  2. contextualists
  3. contextualities
  4. contextuality
  5. contextualizable
  6. contextualization
  7. contextualizations
  8. contextualize
  9. contextualized
  10. contextualizer
  11. contextualizers

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