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US
/ˌkɑnˈtɛksˌtʃuəɫ/
]
[ UK /kəntˈɛkstʃuːəl/ ]
[ UK /kəntˈɛkstʃuːəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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relating to or determined by or in context
contextual information
How To Use contextual In A Sentence
- When it comes to monster movies, novelty is not the be-all end-all; there is always room for a splashy new death or a witty recontextualization, but there are benefits to sticking to the formula. Farihah Zaman: 2010 Fantastic Fest #3: All Creatures Great and Small; Zombies, Vampires, and Terrible Human Beings
- Penelope-like, she both weaves a narrative and contextual account of Lippi's life and work and unpicks her handiwork, creatively frustrating the reader's expectation of biographical closure.
- A profile is a collection of information about the user, typically including a short biography and contextually appropriate facts.
- Invaded by photographs the toys are decontextualised from childhood, sinister, tragic recollections of a half-forgotten adventure.
- I can see how the functional-notional approach can be seen as prescriptive, in the sense of several decontextualised culturally specific sentences “this is how we apologise, this is how we complain etc.” S is for “Strategies” « An A-Z of ELT
- Postmodernism and social constructionism remind us to be suspect of any constructs that seek to establish themselves as decontextualized truths.
- Putting his characters on the rostrum he sends up everything from the contextual pieties of the new historicists to the gender fixations of the post-feminists.
- Consistent with the tape's essayistic structure and tone, these clips serve a purpose more akin to quotation than to the recontextualizing, deconstructive gestures that are characteristic of many such video art tapes.
- I think Huckabee will find a way to contextualize (or "contextualize") his comments. Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Huckabee Wanted AIDS Patients Quarantined In 1992, Opposed New Govt. Money For Research
- The album is on sale in art galleries, to 'recontextualise' it. Times, Sunday Times