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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 contextplay

  Familiarity information: CONTEXTUAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTEXTUAL (adjective)


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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