Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

context-sensitive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
con-tex-t-sen-si-tive
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.

adj

Involving transformations that are affected by more of the sentence than merely the section under scrutiny.

adj

Relating to a context-sensitive grammar.

Example Sentences

Phrases

context-dependent

Frequently Paired Words

context-dependent

Antonyms

context-free

Questions

What does context-sensitive mean?
Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.

How to pronounce context-sensitive

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