contextualize
verb (used with object)
to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
contextualise
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a variation of
contextualize.
Example Sentences
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The researchers compared early instrumental data with a large-scale tree ring dataset and found the 19th century temperature baseline used to contextualise global warming is several tenths of a degree Celsius colder than previously thought.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024
"My task was to contextualise the collection," Mr Becker told the BBC, "not to depict Bührle in his entirety as a weapons producer."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2021
Woodward argued he needed to verify and contextualise the information.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2020
Matthew Holt, a 19-year-old international relations student from Ashbourne, said: "It should be in a museum where we can learn about it with a description to contextualise it."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2020
Anxious to contextualise this shocking revelation, I launched into an elaborate explanation, until I glanced in the mirror again.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2016
