contextual definition

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contextual definition - a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation; "a contextual definition of `legal duty' might be `X has a legal duty to do Y means that X is required to do Y by a contract relationship that would be upheld in a court of law'"

definition - a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol

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definition			However, the format of the contextual definition (also called the full-sentence definition), which is the one we find consistently used in the COBUILD dictionaries (and occasionally in other pedagogical dictionaries) is characterised by Dziemianko as "even more effective" than the "modern" type of analytical definition. User-friendliness of verb syntax in pedagogical dictionaries of ... by Andersen, Birger / Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies 5 provides definitions for terms such as authorized representative (AR) and drug-device combination while contextual definitions are provided for words such as "immediately" and "unanticipated. The newest vigilance guidance explained by Loh, Evangeline / Medical Product Outsourcing The use of this more complete contextual definition of "tort reform" helps us better understand the scope of its impact. Access denied: 'tort reform' rhetoric is closing the courthouse door by Daniels, Stephen / Trial			contentment contents Conterminable Conterminal Conterminant Conterminate conterminous Conterranean contes contessa Contesseration contest Contestable contestant Contestation contested contestee contester Contestingly Contex context context menu context of use context-sensitive contextual contextual definition contextualism contextualize contextually Contextural contexture Contextured Conticent Contignation Contiguate contiguity contiguous Contiguous angles contiguous zone contiguousness continence continency continent continent-wide continental Continental Army continental breakfast Continental Celtic continental climate continental code Continental Congress			context-free phrase structure rule Context-Free Tree Grammar Context-Sensing and Inference for Ubiquitous Interaction Context-sensitive Context-sensitive grammar Context-Sensitive Half Time Context-sensitive help context-sensitive menu Context-Sensitive Solutions Context-Sensitive Tour Guide Context-Tree Weighting Context: Close All Tabs Contexte de la Sexualité en France Contextes et Apprentissages Linguistiques contexts contexts contexts contexts contexts Contexts and Dependency Injection Contexts and Ontologies Contexts, Input, Processes and Products contextual contextual contextual contextual Contextual ad Contextual advertising contextual analysis contextual collaboration contextual definition Contextual equivalence Contextual Information in Semantic Space Models Contextual inquiry Contextual Ligatures Contextual Ligatures Contextual Ligatures Contextual Ligatures contextual marketing Contextual menu Contextual menu Contextual menu Contextual Menu Manager Contextual Menu Module Contextual Natural Language Processing Contextual query language Contextual Resource Evaluation Environment contextual search contextual thinking Contextual Value Added contextualisation contextualise contextualised contextualises contextualising Contextualism Contextualism contextualist contextualist contextualists contextualists

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