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contextualize

/kənˈtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪz/

contextualize verb: to place something or someone in a particular context.

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

Antonyms of contextualize

Forms of contextualize

third-person singular presentcontextualizes
present participlecontextualizing
past participlecontextualized
pastcontextualized
alternative formcontextualise

Past tense of contextualize: contextualized

Origin of contextualize

From contextual + -ize.

Words formed from contextualize

Questions about contextualize

What does contextualize mean?
Contextualize means to place something or someone in a particular context.
What part of speech is contextualize?
Contextualize is a verb.
How do you pronounce contextualize?
Contextualize is pronounced /kənˈtɛkstʃʊəlʌɪz/.
What is the past tense of contextualize?
The past tense of contextualize is contextualized.

Words near contextualize in the dictionary

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

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