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Definition of contextualize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

contextualize

verb

NAmE//kənˈtɛkstʃuəˌlaɪz//

contextualize something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they contextualize

he / she / it contextualizes

past simple contextualized

-ing form contextualizing

to consider something in relation to the situation in which it happens or exists

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contextualization

NAmE//kənˌtɛkstʃuələˈzeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable]See contextualize in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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