Which is the first step for verifying the meaning of a word using context clues?

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•dentify the word's part of speech and find synonyms in a thesaurus.
Substitute the definition of the
• word you have decided on in the sentence to see if it makes sense.
Look for words and phrases
• surrounding the word that give clues about the word's meaning.
• Use a dictionary to find the definition of the word.

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 hour ago

The first step for verifying the meaning of a word using context clues is to look for words and phrases surrounding the word that give clues about the word’s meaning.