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contextualize

Contextualize means to analyze a word or event in terms of the words or concepts surrounding it. (verb)

An example of contextualize is to keep feminist perspectives in mind when reading a novel written during the women's civil rights movement.

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See contextualize in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See contextualize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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