ana are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamilia words. It can be slightly or indirectly indicates or suggested through within the sentence. Furthermore, and e in a list can also bep figure out the meaning of unknown words. A reader should rely on context clues when an obvious clue to meaning is provided, or when only a general sense of the meaning is needed for the reader's purposes. However, context clues should not be relied upon when a precise meaning is required, when clues suggest several possible definitions, when nearby words are unfamiliar, and when the unknown word is common one that will be needed again, in these cases, a dictionary should be consulted Unconsciously in our everyday lives, we use context clues, such as give definition, give synonymous and opposite words, and give examples to let others that we can.​