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contextual definition

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noun

Logic, Philosophy.

  1. definition of a word or symbol by explaining the meaning of the phrase or statement in which it occurs.

Etymology

Origin of contextual definition

First recorded in 1930–35

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Finally the activity or task also needs to have a contextual definition.

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