0 to consider something or to help other people consider something in its context (= the situation within which it exists or happens), which can help explain it:
These results help contextualize why global climate change remains a relatively low priority for most Americans.
It is often useful to contextualize the research, to situate it relative to other work in the field.
It's fine to quote these offensive remarks but they must be contextualized.
He does not do enough to contextualize the novel for those who've never read it.
It is not sufficient to merely reproduce narratives without contextualizing them within a larger social and political framework.
Recall that nicknames contextualize camaraderie among social equals, while kin terms simultaneously contextualize camaraderie and deference 0 patronage.
Few have actually reported a decision either to contextualize or not and most appear satisfied to have the research speak for itself.
Few studies to date have looked at how children are able to vary and contextualize their linguistic production across genres or text-types.
