Context is the part of the text or statement that: A. surrounds a particular word and helps determine what it means B. comes after a word and describes it. C. precedes a word and lets you know what part of speech it is. D. means something different than how it sounds.
context means "the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed." a is the closest answer to the definition
