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context clues

context clues is the plural of context clue.

Meaning of context clue

Noun

context clue (plural context clues)

  1. The surrounding information that can help a reader, spectator, etc. infer the meaning of an unknown or ambiguous word, plot point, etc.

Questions about context clues

What is context clues the plural of?
Context clues is the plural of context clue.

Words near context clues in the dictionary

  1. contex
  2. contexed
  3. contexing
  4. context
  5. context clue
  6. context clues
  7. context collapse
  8. context compaction
  9. context menu
  10. context menus
  11. context principle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: context clues (page history and authors); context clue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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