Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, involving, or depending on a context.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- . Pertaining to or dealing with the context.
- . Conforming to or literally agreeing with the text: as, a contextual quotation.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to or determined by or in context
Etymologies
- context + -ual. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I agree with your assertion that what you term contextual urban fantasy is more open towards a wider variety of protagonists and that it seems to attract more writers who are not straight white men.”
“But Ian had decided that what he called contextual archaeology required a constant flow of information between the excavators and the specialists.”
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“One advertising area where the structural economics will make it difficult to run a business without significant improvements in contextual targeting and user preference modeling is the mobile advertising space, Internet advertising models translate poorly there, but that is a large topic unto itself.”
“Instead, in the second, I addressed long-term contextual issues that are far more appropriate for the work of the federal government than its tinkering with the grammar of schooling.”
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“She is also one of the most respected experts in contextual advertising, and her podcast on WebmasterRadio on the subject is one of the most listened to shows on the site.”
“It's blowing a bit of a mini-seaside gale down here this morning, and "local contextual" is one of my high priority areas of interest at moment: So Google's leveraging and pathway to (free/performance) monetisation of Google Maps is an interesting strategy.”
“I'm most interested in contextual ads (ala gmail) when applied in a self-service manner to RSS feeds.”
“Once upon a time, spyware company WhenU. com, “leaders in contextual marketing” (nice one;) wanted to bundle its wares with PeerGuardian.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘contextual’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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parlerodermime's Words
loquacious, orange, lackadaisical, rhythm, esoterrorist, contrary, enchanted, extraordinary, nymph, chatter, incessant, time and 168 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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An Unspecific Gathering
Recently added to be organized (perhaps) later.
metaeuphoria, metaeuphoria, protologism, neologism, contextual, commingling, meta, euphoria, elucidation, disambiguation, hypertextual, kenspeckle and 136 more...
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Units Of Language
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-a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.sulk, promenade, skulk, idle, subsequently, moody, paroxysm, felony, anent, generic, hallucinogen, synaesthesia and 215 more...
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INTERP - VOCABULARY
The vocabulary of conference interpreting. I commend this list to those who want to know more about the profession and to those who wish to organize their knowledge about the profession. To aspirin...
retour language, A-language, B-language, C-language, relay language, take sy on relay, language booth, booth meeting, mic, mike, mission, freelance interpr... and 2086 more...
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cacoethes, cadence, cadence, catalogue, catharsis, chabiscuits, clandestine, coalescence, cocksucker, colimacon, contextual, conundrum and 7 more...
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simple & useful8
sullied, mincing, portentous, barbarism, gesticulate, multiplicative, legerdemain, shibboleth, rekindling, ragamuffins, glacially, frothily and 63 more...
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pirateygoodness's Words
concupiscent, palimpsest, verisimilitude, synapse, contextual
Tweets
Looking for tweets for contextual.
PossibleUnderscore Fantastic word, and very useful. Aug 4, 2009