51Թ

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contextualize

[ kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

contextualized, contextualizing.
  1. to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.


contextualize

/ əˈɛʊəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to state the social, grammatical, or other context of; put into context
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Dz·ٱt···tDz noun
  • ԴDzcDz·ٱt·· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of contextualize1

First recorded in 1930–35; contextual + -ize
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Control over the country’s schools and education system will also mean denying young people and the larger public the means to understand and contextualize the present by distorting the past.

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“I think I need to find a balance of contextualizing it without thinking like I’m patronizing people.”

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In her newsletter, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat contextualized Friday’s awful events this way:

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Then learn how to process, contextualize, and work through those feelings.

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So I had to sort of contextualize that it was going to be another couple of months.

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