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
