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  • verb Alternative spelling of contextualized.

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Examples

  • The concept "equitable" carries with it the notion of contextualised fairness it is not a synonym for mechanical, formalistic equality.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • In the 19th century Western missionaries brought Christianity to sub-Saharan Africa, but the Christianity they brought had generally been "contextualised" into modernity in Western Europe and North America.

    Khanya 2009

  • Since its first application to linguistics, two decades ago, the ecological perspective has offered an alternative to the somewhat mechanistic and de-contextualised ‘computing’ metaphor for language learning, with its inputs, outputs and feedback.

    E is for Ecology « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • But the subject is contextualised into a modern pretextual theory that includes reality as a whole.

    Matthew Yglesias » Fight Club 2010

  • Since its first application to linguistics, two decades ago, the ecological perspective has offered an alternative to the somewhat mechanistic and de-contextualised ‘computing’ metaphor for language learning, with its inputs, outputs and feedback.

    February « 2010 « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • Assuming that by ‘focus’ is meant ‘the important information’, this is so wrong as to be the exact opposite of the case, and is a good example of what happens when you try to fabricate rules out of de-contextualised examples.

    P is for Passive « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • We need to teach students what is acceptable in different contexts – another good reason to ensure that context is well contextualised.

    C is for Conditional (the Third) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • But the subject is contextualised into a modern pretextual theory that includes reality as a whole.

    Matthew Yglesias » Fight Club 2010

  • There are other great materials which came out at that time, I think possibly ahead of their time, and did not enjoy the commercial success of simple (but beautifully contextualised) grammar based courses like Streamline.

    S is for “Strategies” « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • I covered the Middle East for the BBC from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, and am aggrieved by my ex-employer's continuing inability to describe in a just and contextualised way the conflict between military occupier and militarily occupied.

    BBC is 'confusing cause and effect' in its Israeli coverage 2011

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