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Definitions for contextual
kənˈtɛks tʃu əlcon·tex·tu·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. contextualadjective

    relating to or determined by or in context

    "contextual information"

Wiktionary

  1. contextualadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.

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  1. contextual

    Contextual refers to something related to or influenced by the circumstances or set of facts that surrounds a particular event, situation, or element. It pertains to the context or background information that provides a greater understanding or interpretation of a subject matter.

Editors Contribution

  1. contextual

    Relating to context.

    The contextual reality is important and it shows the conscious intent of the creator.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 21, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contextual in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contextual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of contextual in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Anker:

    We believe that helping people access this important contextual information can help them evaluate if articles are from a publisher they trust, and if the story itself is credible, this step is part of our larger efforts to combat false news and misinformation on Facebook — providing people with more context to help them make more informed decisions, advance news literacy and education, and working to reinforce indicators of publisher integrity on our platform. Google will use the indicators.

  2. Soumya Swaminathan:

    Then when we get to the goals of reducing transmission, really down to very low levels, at that point, one might consider, of course, vaccinating children as well, i think the guidance on children will be very contextual and specific to local context.

  3. Skip Stolz:

    When it comes to certain kinds of decision making and things requiring an intuitive contextual understanding, machines are not yet able to do those things. Computers can process huge amounts of data.

  4. Tom Emrich:

    What I don’t like are the notifications, because they aren’t contextual and there’s no way to filter them based on what I want to see and what I don’t want to see, google Glass could have solved the ergonomic problem with having to glance down at a smartphone constantly, yet having every single text message and email pop-up is not helpful.

  5. James Buehler:

    The limits of death certificates are that they do not provide much contextual information about the circumstances of people's lives in general or the circumstances surrounding their deaths in particular, this study, like any study that depends on death certificate data, paints a broad picture. It lets you see large patterns and make general inferences when the findings are triangulated with what is known from other research, and it lets you frame questions for further investigations.

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