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putting into context

putting into context is the present participle and gerund of put into context.

Meaning of put into context

Verb

put into context (third-person singular simple present puts into context, present participle putting into context, simple past and past participle put into context)

  1. (transitive) contextualization; something apparently outstanding, made look less so by providing context
    • Let me put it into context.

Questions about putting into context

What is putting into context the present participle and gerund of?
Putting into context is the present participle and gerund of put into context.

Words near putting into context in the dictionary

  1. putting in the shade
  2. putting in the work
  3. putting in with
  4. putting in writing
  5. putting into action
  6. putting into context
  7. putting into practice
  8. putting into words
  9. putting it about
  10. putting it down
  11. putting it mildly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: putting into context (page history and authors); put into 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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