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contextual

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

relating to or determined by or in context

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • contextual information

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From context + -ual.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: contextual — depending on context
  • Czech: kontextový — depending on context
  • Czech: související — depending on context
  • Dutch: contextueel — depending on context
  • Finnish: kontekstuaalinen — depending on context
  • Finnish: asiayhteydellinen — depending on context
  • French: contextuel — depending on context
  • German: kontextuell — depending on context
  • Greek: συμφραστικός (symfrastikós) — depending on context
  • Indonesian: kontekstual — depending on context
  • Italian: contestuale — depending on context
  • Ladin: cuntestuel — depending on context
  • Manx: cohecksagh — depending on context
  • Polish: kontekstowy — depending on context
  • Portuguese: contextual — depending on context
  • Russian: контекстный (kontekstnyj) — depending on context
  • Russian: контекстовый (kontekstovyj) — depending on context
  • Russian: контекстуальный (kontekstualʹnyj) — depending on context
  • Spanish: contextual — depending on context
  • Swedish: kontextuell — depending on context
  • Welsh: cyd-destunol — depending on context