Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To place (a word or idea, for example) in a particular context.
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- verb To place something or someone in a particular
context .
Etymologies
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Examples
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My goal is to describe how the various devices Banks uses helps to "contextualize" the naturalist novel that is the model for Affliction.
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In each case, once the race/class/gender animosity is revealed, there is a brief hesititation to see how well the media will come to the rescue and "contextualize" the remark, and when that fails there is the obligatory qualifier "maybe not the best way of putting it," "wrong word," "if I had to say it over, I'd . . ."
Archive 2009-06-01 Dr. Sanity 2009
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In each case, once the race/class/gender animosity is revealed, there is a brief hesititation to see how well the media will come to the rescue and "contextualize" the remark, and when that fails there is the obligatory qualifier "maybe not the best way of putting it," "wrong word," "if I had to say it over, I'd . . ."
LIKE HIS GRANDMOTHER, PERHAPS ? Dr. Sanity 2009
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I think Huckabee will find a way to contextualize (or "contextualize") his comments.
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I think Huckabee will find a way to contextualize (or "contextualize") his comments.
Huckabee Wanted AIDS Patients Quarantined In 1992, Opposed New Govt. Money For Research 2009
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It ain't any better on this side of the Atlantic, where the BBC's Canadian counterpart is airing Iris Mackler's reports from Jerusalem, which "contextualize" the attack on the Jerusalem yeshiva, as one being on a student body that includes lots of Jewish residents of the West Bank.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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The White House claimed the briefing was to "contextualize" the testimony and comments made earlier in the day before the Senate committee by Director of National Intelligence
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Mr. Gibbs said White House staff decided to brief reporters on Mr. Abdulmutallab's cooperation in order to "contextualize" media reports on the issue, and said Mr. Bond owes an apology to both administration officials and the law enforcement community.
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The White House claimed the briefing was to "contextualize" the testimony and comments made earlier in the day before the Senate committee by Director of National Intelligence
The American Spectator The Prowler 2010
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The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, with Ono's help, is set to open an exhibition on the Canadian bed-in that promises to "contextualize" the event.
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