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CONTEXTUAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contextual mean?
• CONTEXTUAL (adjective)
The adjective CONTEXTUAL has 1 sense:
1. relating to or determined by or in context
Familiarity information: CONTEXTUAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or determined by or in context
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
contextual information
Pertainym:
context (discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation)
Derivation:
context (discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation)
context (the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event)
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