contextualadj.
/kənˈtɛkstjuːəl/ a. Of or belonging to the context; depending only on the context.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [adjective] > depending on context
contextural1666
contextuala1834
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 113 To the contempt or neglect of the literal and contextual sense.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 229 The word Troes..is sometimes confined strictly to the inhabitants of the city: but..perhaps always with contextual indications that such is the sense.
1887 Academy 5 Mar. I would not use them as a final appeal on the passage in question, for they are not contextual to it.
1893 N.E.D. at Contextual Mod. The meaning assigned to the word here is merely contextual.
b. Philosophy. contextual definition = definition in use at definition n. 4c.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [noun] > contextual
definition in use1910
contextual definition1934
implicit definition1959
1934 W. V. Quine Syst. Logistic xiv. 141 We escape the technical complications of contextual definition.
1944 M. Weitz in Schilpp Philos. B. Russell 117 The best example of analysis as contextual definition in Russell..is his analysis of definite descriptions.
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