contextualize

English

Alternative forms

• contextualise

Etymology

From contextual +‎ -ize.

Verb

contextualize (third-person singular simple present contextualizes, present participle contextualizing, simple past and past participle contextualized)

1. To place something or someone in a particular context.

   Antonym: decontextualize

   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219–257:

     Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

Derived terms

• contextualizable
• contextualization
• contextualizer
• decontextualize
• noncontextualized
• overcontextualize
• recontextualize
• uncontextualized
• undercontextualize

 

Translations

place in a context

• Catalan: contextualitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 情境化 (qíngjìnghuà)

• French: contextualiser (fr)
• Galician: contextualizar
• German: kontextualisieren
• Icelandic: setja í samhengi, skoða í samhengi
• Italian: contestualizzare (it)
• Portuguese: contextualizar (pt)
• Spanish: contextualizar (es)
• Swedish: kontextualisera (sv)

Galician

Verb

contextualize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of contextualizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

contextualize

1. inflection of contextualizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative