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contextualizes

contextualizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about contextualizes

What is contextualizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Contextualizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contextualize.

Words near contextualizes in the dictionary

  1. contextualizations
  2. contextualize
  3. contextualized
  4. contextualizer
  5. contextualizers
  6. contextualizes
  7. contextualizing
  8. contextually
  9. contextural
  10. contexture
  11. contextured

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contextualizes (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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