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单词 contextual
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Definition of contextual in English:

contextual

adjective kənˈtɛkstʃʊəlkənˈtɛkstʃʊəl
  • 1Depending on or relating to the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.

    he included contextual information in footnotes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The variegated facades of brick, painted aluminum, and stainless steel are his own brand of contextual design.
    • The most successful schemes are distinguished by the complexity and subtlety of their response to these historical and contextual elements.
    • Each of the texts is a richly illustrated production with handsome photographs of both objects and related contextual documents.
    • In spite of some good ecological intentions and contextual theory, some pleasant urban spaces and detailing have happened.
    • In using such a place, you implicitly reflect on its contextual architectural framework.
    • In today's agricultural economy, the macro forces at work are bringing contextual questions to any agribusiness.
    • These courses require students to make contextual connections with their professional interests in order for them to use the concepts.
    • The irony of signs that have come to signify difference is that they are at once reductive, yet simultaneously contextual.
    • Visitors can view approximately 80 masks alongside video footage and contextual information.
    • Museum objects and contextual photos are distinguished by scale and position.
    1. 1.1 Depending on the preceding or following parts of a text to clarify meaning.
      they have limited practice in working out the meaning of unfamiliar material from contextual clues
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There were no contextual clues to follow, and one could only try and make sense of the inscription.
      • The ability to draw this conclusion comes from contextual usage.
      • These two concepts are concerned with the spatial and contextual relationships of words.
      • Their economic interpretation of urban vice was the contextual key to understanding the statute's construction.
      • Without vowels, the ancients depended in part on contextual clues in order to read.
      • There are serious flaws attached to any contextual attempt to understand the meaning of the word "person" in the Constitution for due process purposes.
      • The interpreter should seek to determine the contextual meaning of "one day" in this verse.
      • The aim of the inquiry is not to probe the real intentions of the parties, but to ascertain the contextual meaning of the relevant contractual language.
      • The scriptural principle inevitably had to negotiate an array of competing interests such as the linguistic and contextual ambiguity of the text.
      • When the presence of a pun in the final sentence of the fables was a constant condition, the contextual elaboration was shown to increase reported humor.

Derivatives

  • contextually

  • adverbkənˈtɛkstjʊəlikənˈtɛkstʃʊəli
    • In a way that relates to the context or circumstances surrounding an event, statement, or idea.

      the rules and regulations must be interpreted contextually
      Example sentencesExamples
      • meanings will vary historically and contextually
      • a contextually grounded account
      • Pragmatics is traditionally concerned with the contextually conditioned interpretation of an expression.
      • At the same time, avoidance can contextually become the subject of jokes.
      • The proliferation of Native American literature in the late 20th century has revealed Indian reality to be a contextually interrelated matrix.

Rhymes

textual
 
 

Definition of contextual in US English:

contextual

adjectivekənˈtɛkstʃʊəlkənˈteksCHo͝oəl
  • 1Depending on or relating to the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea.

    he included contextual information in footnotes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each of the texts is a richly illustrated production with handsome photographs of both objects and related contextual documents.
    • The irony of signs that have come to signify difference is that they are at once reductive, yet simultaneously contextual.
    • The most successful schemes are distinguished by the complexity and subtlety of their response to these historical and contextual elements.
    • Museum objects and contextual photos are distinguished by scale and position.
    • In today's agricultural economy, the macro forces at work are bringing contextual questions to any agribusiness.
    • In using such a place, you implicitly reflect on its contextual architectural framework.
    • Visitors can view approximately 80 masks alongside video footage and contextual information.
    • In spite of some good ecological intentions and contextual theory, some pleasant urban spaces and detailing have happened.
    • The variegated facades of brick, painted aluminum, and stainless steel are his own brand of contextual design.
    • These courses require students to make contextual connections with their professional interests in order for them to use the concepts.
    1. 1.1 Depending on the preceding or following parts of a text to clarify meaning.
      they have limited practice in working out the meaning of unfamiliar material from contextual clues
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ability to draw this conclusion comes from contextual usage.
      • Without vowels, the ancients depended in part on contextual clues in order to read.
      • When the presence of a pun in the final sentence of the fables was a constant condition, the contextual elaboration was shown to increase reported humor.
      • The aim of the inquiry is not to probe the real intentions of the parties, but to ascertain the contextual meaning of the relevant contractual language.
      • There were no contextual clues to follow, and one could only try and make sense of the inscription.
      • The scriptural principle inevitably had to negotiate an array of competing interests such as the linguistic and contextual ambiguity of the text.
      • Their economic interpretation of urban vice was the contextual key to understanding the statute's construction.
      • There are serious flaws attached to any contextual attempt to understand the meaning of the word "person" in the Constitution for due process purposes.
      • The interpreter should seek to determine the contextual meaning of "one day" in this verse.
      • These two concepts are concerned with the spatial and contextual relationships of words.
 
 
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