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Context is the positioning of a word‎ or phrase. This can be used by the teacher to help students gain an understanding of its meaning.

For example, look at this sentence.

I saw a bright red fligret in the sky.

This contains the unknown (and non-existent) word, fligret. However, we can look at the context in which it occurs to try and work out the meaning.

• it is in the sky
• it is bright red

This suggests that a fligret is possibly a bird. Or perhaps a type of aircraft.