Contextual
adjective
Related to, influenced by, or depending on the surrounding situation or information.
To understand the character's actions, you need to look at the contextual information provided in the story.
Often appears as...
- contextual information
- contextual factors
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Academic
adjective
Related to a specific situation or condition in programming or computer science.
The contextual menu in the software changes based on what tool you are currently using.
Often appears as...
- contextual menu
- contextual computing
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Technical
adjective
Involving or referencing the ideas or circumstances related to a specific matter in a language.
Contextual meaning of a word differs based on the phrases or sentences it is used in.
Often appears as...
- contextual meaning
- contextual reference
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Academic
adjective
Related to, influenced by, or depending on the surrounding situation or information.
To understand the character's actions, you need to look at the contextual information provided in the story.
Often appears as...
- contextual information
- contextual factors
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Related to a specific situation or condition in programming or computer science.
The contextual menu in the software changes based on what tool you are currently using.
Often appears as...
- contextual menu
- contextual computing
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Involving or referencing the ideas or circumstances related to a specific matter in a language.
Contextual meaning of a word differs based on the phrases or sentences it is used in.
Often appears as...
- contextual meaning
- contextual reference
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond the Obvious
Look for subtle hints beyond the clear meaning that can influence understanding.
The story’s contextual subtleties can reveal a character's true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Explicit
Contextual information might be implied rather than directly stated.
Her contextual disdain was evident through her choice of words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that cultural background can change contextual understanding.
Contextual norms in polite conversation vary across cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond the Obvious
Look for subtle hints beyond the clear meaning that can influence understanding.
The story’s contextual subtleties can reveal a character's true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Explicit
Contextual information might be implied rather than directly stated.
Her contextual disdain was evident through her choice of words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that cultural background can change contextual understanding.
Contextual norms in polite conversation vary across cultures.
Pro Tip 1/3Beyond the Obvious
Look for subtle hints beyond the clear meaning that can influence understanding.
The story’s contextual subtleties can reveal a character's true intentions.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Explicit
Contextual information might be implied rather than directly stated.
Her contextual disdain was evident through her choice of words.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Be aware that cultural background can change contextual understanding.
Contextual norms in polite conversation vary across cultures.
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Dominic Price: What's...
or single-handedly saving the world. Trudy's purpose was to give those two boys the best upbringing in the small time that she had available. I learned two things doing this exercise for her. Firstly, I learned that happiness is contextual. Like, for Trudy, the fact that she was financially struggling,
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The Strange Tail of...
paleontology because if you don't have any contextual geological information the specimen is you know i don't want to say worthless but you know it's really very difficult to say anything about say the environment the animal lived in but perhaps most important you also don't know if
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How playing an...
an audio tag, and a contextual tag, like a good Internet search engine. How do we know that all these benefits are unique to music, as opposed to, say, sports or painting? Or could it be that people who go into music were already smarter to begin with?
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
that we all have on this Earth. We so often don't realize what our action and our inaction does to people we think we will never see and never know. I also tell it because it tells a larger contextual story of what aid is and can be.
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East vs west -- the...
absolute truth, standardization, absoluteness, linear patterns in design. But if you look at cultures which have cyclical and based on infinite lives, you will see a comfort with fuzzy logic, with opinion, with contextual thinking,
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Stuart Brown: Play is...
Nothing lights up the brain like play. Three-dimensional play fires up the cerebellum, puts a lot of impulses into the frontal lobe -- the executive portion -- helps contextual memory be developed, and -- and, and, and.
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The Future of Early...
Another important aspect of this approach is the gathering and mining of data in the cloud, so we can get results in real time and analyze them with our contextual information. If we want to better understand
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Time is memory and you...
time is memory so how do we study this in the lab in the lab we've come up with very simple ways to try to mimic these ideas of contextual stability and change in experimentally tractable ways and in
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Abundance is our future...
it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant. You see, scarcity is contextual, and technology is a resource-liberating force.
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See No Evil PIPE National...
today contextual reinstatement part of the cognitive interview is an essential part of helping witnesses and victims of
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Dominic Price: What's...
or single-handedly saving the world. Trudy's purpose was to give those two boys the best upbringing in the small time that she had available. I learned two things doing this exercise for her. Firstly, I learned that happiness is contextual. Like, for Trudy, the fact that she was financially struggling,
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The Strange Tail of...
paleontology because if you don't have any contextual geological information the specimen is you know i don't want to say worthless but you know it's really very difficult to say anything about say the environment the animal lived in but perhaps most important you also don't know if
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How playing an...
an audio tag, and a contextual tag, like a good Internet search engine. How do we know that all these benefits are unique to music, as opposed to, say, sports or painting? Or could it be that people who go into music were already smarter to begin with?
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
that we all have on this Earth. We so often don't realize what our action and our inaction does to people we think we will never see and never know. I also tell it because it tells a larger contextual story of what aid is and can be.
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
absolute truth, standardization, absoluteness, linear patterns in design. But if you look at cultures which have cyclical and based on infinite lives, you will see a comfort with fuzzy logic, with opinion, with contextual thinking,
Video examples
Stuart Brown: Play is...
Nothing lights up the brain like play. Three-dimensional play fires up the cerebellum, puts a lot of impulses into the frontal lobe -- the executive portion -- helps contextual memory be developed, and -- and, and, and.
Video examples
The Future of Early...
Another important aspect of this approach is the gathering and mining of data in the cloud, so we can get results in real time and analyze them with our contextual information. If we want to better understand
Video examples
Time is memory and you...
time is memory so how do we study this in the lab in the lab we've come up with very simple ways to try to mimic these ideas of contextual stability and change in experimentally tractable ways and in
Video examples
Abundance is our future...
it's about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant. You see, scarcity is contextual, and technology is a resource-liberating force.
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See No Evil PIPE National...
today contextual reinstatement part of the cognitive interview is an essential part of helping witnesses and victims of
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
There's a great phrase, written in the '70s: 'The definition of today's AI is a machine that can make a perfect chess move while the room is on fire.' It really speaks to the limitations of AI. In the next wave of AI research, if we want to make more helpful and useful machines, we've got to bring back the contextual understanding.
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John Battelle
American Businessman
In a world lit by data, street corners are painted with contextual information, automobiles can navigate autonomously, thermostats respond to patterns of activity, and retail outlets change as rapidly (and individually) as search results from Google.
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Naveen Tewari
Indian Businessman
Advertising has to be contextual, as the potential in 'push' marketing is fairly limited and is largely viewed as spam. Thus there is a need to get into 'permission' marketing and 'pull' marketing to deliver value to marketers.
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Bhavish Aggarwal
Indian Businessman
Location-based services are here to stay, as it focuses on high relevance and contextual offering to the end user. This means a user sees what he needs with immediate sense and meaning to him.
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Giles Foden
English Author
In any culture, if information is to maximise in a contextual space, and new meanings be born, the original story has to have substance - there's gotta be gold in them thar hills.
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Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
Movies are a hobby for me. I think storytelling has reached a new level where younger audiences are looking at something more real and contextual.
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Billy Corgan
American Musician
I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.
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Max Richter
German Composer
You can get away with a lot more in a film or television score. It is contextual.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.
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Robert Scoble
American Author
The contextual age means we're going to have to go to war on noise.
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Fei-Fei Li
Chinese Scientist
There's a great phrase, written in the '70s: 'The definition of today's AI is a machine that can make a perfect chess move while the room is on fire.' It really speaks to the limitations of AI. In the next wave of AI research, if we want to make more helpful and useful machines, we've got to bring back the contextual understanding.
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John Battelle
American Businessman
In a world lit by data, street corners are painted with contextual information, automobiles can navigate autonomously, thermostats respond to patterns of activity, and retail outlets change as rapidly (and individually) as search results from Google.
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Naveen Tewari
Indian Businessman
Advertising has to be contextual, as the potential in 'push' marketing is fairly limited and is largely viewed as spam. Thus there is a need to get into 'permission' marketing and 'pull' marketing to deliver value to marketers.
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Bhavish Aggarwal
Indian Businessman
Location-based services are here to stay, as it focuses on high relevance and contextual offering to the end user. This means a user sees what he needs with immediate sense and meaning to him.
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Giles Foden
English Author
In any culture, if information is to maximise in a contextual space, and new meanings be born, the original story has to have substance - there's gotta be gold in them thar hills.
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Ronnie Screwvala
Indian Businessman
Movies are a hobby for me. I think storytelling has reached a new level where younger audiences are looking at something more real and contextual.
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Billy Corgan
American Musician
I don't have a problem with 'Idol' or 'X Factor,' I have a problem with when those things are not given the proper contextual hue.
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Max Richter
German Composer
You can get away with a lot more in a film or television score. It is contextual.
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Helen Fisher
American Scientist
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.
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Robert Scoble
American Author
The contextual age means we're going to have to go to war on noise.
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