Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

out of context

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: out- of -con-text
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.

Example Sentences

"They took his statements out of context and made him sound like an extremist."

Inflected Forms

more out of context (comparative) most out of context (superlative) out-of-context (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

contextomy decontextualize

Questions

What does out of context mean?: Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning.

How to pronounce out of context

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