Question

Which word from the lines below best helps the reader to understand the meaning of "mast"?

Answer 1

Some of the ways to identify the meaning of a word based on the available context are:

• Read and understand the text/sentence

• Write out on a pad the original meaning of the word

• Read the particular sentence aloud where the word whose meaning you want to find

• For example, if your sentence that contains the word "mast" goes like this: "At his burial, the flag was flown at half-mast", you can directly infer that this is a sign of respect.

• With this in mind, you can see that the meaning of the word "mast" based on the context used means that a dead person is being honored and this is an upright post that a flag is attached to.

• Therefore, the meaning would be "an upright pole"

What are Context Clues?

This refers to the use of hints and clues to give a reader some perspective about the meaning of a word, or phrase based on the given context.

It is worth noting that connotative meanings are the implied meanings of a word that is the secondary meaning of a word and this is used based on the available context of a sentence.

Although your question is incomplete, I gave you a lesson on context clues and you can read, learn, understand and use it to answer your question.

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