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contextualize

[ kuhn-teks-choo-uh-lahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, con·tex·tu·al·ized, con·tex·tu·al·iz·ing.

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

contextualize

/ kənˈtɛkstjʊəˌlaɪz /

First recorded in 1930–35; contextual + -ize

Everyone had started reaching for cultural references to contextualize what was going on.

It is also important to contextualize how many cases of autism could be accounted for if a causal link to SSRI proved true.

It also helps to contextualize the painful criticisms Walker experienced throughout her life as a truth-teller.

Or at least being called upon to contextualize and explain outlandish remarks made by some in the Republican Party.

An opportunity to completely de-contextualize the decades-long war between Israel and the Palestinian people via sympathy note.

This approach permits us to conceptualize as well as contextualize the knowledge of nursing the story tells.

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