Word.ws English Dictionary

takes out of context

takes out of context is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take out of context.

Meaning of take out of context

Verb

take out of context (third-person singular simple present takes out of context, present participle taking out of context, simple past took out of context, past participle taken out of context)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred.
    • The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context.
    Synonyms:
    decontextualize
    Antonyms:
    contextualize

Questions about takes out of context

What is takes out of context the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes out of context is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take out of context.

Words near takes out of context in the dictionary

  1. takes oneself up by one's own ears
  2. takes orders
  3. takes out
  4. takes out an onion
  5. takes out in trade
  6. takes out of context
  7. takes out the trash
  8. takes over
  9. takes pains
  10. takes part
  11. takes part with

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: takes out of context (page history and authors); take out of 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “takes out of context.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/takes_out_of_context. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.