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context-sensitive

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, human-sciences, mathematics, natural-sciences, philosophy, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Right-click anywhere in the document window, and a context-sensitive menu appears.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: context-free

3

adj

Meaning 3

Relating to a context-sensitive grammar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • We introduce two new techniques for proving termination of context-sensitive rewriting.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: yhteysherkkä — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • Finnish: kontekstiherkkä — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • Finnish: kontekstista riippuva — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • French: contextuel — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • German: kontextsensitiv — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • Icelandic: samhengisháður — sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation
  • Finnish: yhteysherkkä — involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny
  • Finnish: kontekstiherkkä — involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny
  • Finnish: kontekstista riippuva — involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny
  • German: kontextsensitiv — involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny
  • Icelandic: samhengisháður — involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny
  • Finnish: yhteysherkkä — relating to a context-sensitive grammar
  • Finnish: kontekstiherkkä — relating to a context-sensitive grammar
  • Finnish: kontekstista riippuva — relating to a context-sensitive grammar
  • German: kontextsensitiv — relating to a context-sensitive grammar
  • Icelandic: samhengisháður — relating to a context-sensitive grammar