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CORRECT MEANING

How one can find the relevant meaning of a new word? Using simple tips one can easily find the correct meaning of an Unknown word. This article explains the suggestive tips one needs to follow to find correct meaning with examples.

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Usually, when reading through an article or book or a guide or a newspaper we come across various critical words which we may know or may not know. One will be very curious to find the correct meaning of a word while reading. If we skip the essential word and read, the actual quality of the content may be lost. If it comes to the live conferences or live meetings then the “correct meaning” thing messes up. The main part is we need to fill the spaces with the “Gibberish”.So, it is highly recommended to know the correct meaning of a word to save ourselves from live Circumstances. The correct meaning of a word or a sentence or a context can be by the usage of root words prefixes and suffixes which are the parts of the word, we can use a simple method to find the unfamiliar word in a sentence that is to read the whole sentence and find out the inner clue, breaking up the sentences to find the meaning of a word. Following the reverse procedure if needed, playing word- puzzle games is also helpful.

MUST FOLLOW CONSIDERATIONS:

We can either start-up writing down the new words we find. We must know that in the English Language for a single word there may be many meanings in different contexts and different sentences, the basic solution is to learn the correct meaning from the dictionary. 

A word can be used in a sentence in multiple ways. 

Example: She made a Desert today

The Thar desert is in Rajasthan. 

Parts of speech: We must have a clear idea of parts of speech. It helps you in the following ways

  1.  Helps in organizing the words in big sentences
  2.  Make a sentence grammatically strong
  3.  Knowing parts of speech helps you to differentiate the same word with the same spelling. 

The parts of speech can help in finding the politically correct meanings of the word in sentences. 

Example: 

She is fair.

I went to the fair yesterday.

Spell check: A spell-check of a word is a must because it throws you in ambiguity and mislead you, so keep in mind we should not guess the correct spelling of a word to find the correct meaning. If we don’t know how to spell a word then we can’t remember it suddenly while we read a book or a newspaper

 So while reading keep an eye on the spelling of a word, so that it can help you in leading to the correct meaning and remembering much time

Examples:

1)That dog has a short tail

2) My grandma usually narrates a tale for me

Here in the first context tail refers to the part of a body of an animal, but in the second context, tale means the story. Hence to find the correct meaning of a sentence we should spell-check the word.

Connotation:

Connotation is often defined as another meaning or correct secondary meaning of a word. There are three types of connotations

Positive

Neutral and negative

So we must know the apt meaning of a word to say it is politically correct. 

Example:

  1. She is ugly 
  2. She is unattractive

 

SUGGESTIVE TIPS TO FOLLOW:

Auto correct meaning:

Auto correct is nothing but the auto correction which can be obtained by using various plugins now a days. One can easily check on some plugins and add on the desktop for effective usage. Although at times autocorrecting, the meanings get changed.

Root word :

The root word is the origin or the smaller part of the word, which means it has a standard meaning and on adding to some other word it gives the complete meaning. 

For example “aqua” 

  • Fish live in an aquarium

aqua-rium

The seahorse is an aquatic animal.

Here aquatic is used in a different context which is an adjective, here it shows the nature of the animal and where it lives. 

Prefix and Suffix:

 

Prefix

The prefix is a small word that is added at the starting of the word to make a different meaning

For example, consider  mis which means no or not. This mis can be used in different contexts

Like: She misunderstood me.

Here when mis is added to the leads word it gives a new meaning which means I was led in a wrong way, this suggests her help is not useful anymore. 

Some more examples to add on:

  • They re-constructed their house
  • She is Non-compliant
  • They re-played the song
  • It is a re-union

Suffix:

Suffix helps in generating a new word when added at the end of the word

 

We will look into this with an example, 

  • It is an interesting story. 

Here Ing is the suffix that adds a more politically strong meaning which means this obviously gives an entirely different meaning. 

Interest is replaced with Interesting which gives the correct meaning.


CONCLUSION:

We can conclude that knowing the correct meaning of the word in a sentence is much easier if we follow the suggested basic steps. The usages and strategies mentioned in this context were previously used by many, hence we can blindly follow the above-suggested step to improvise the vocabulary in English. Along with those additions, we can follow the method of elimination if we have more than two options to choose from for a word we can eliminate the farthest meaning word first. To learn quickly one needs to pen it down immediately and refer to Advanced dictionaries.

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Frequently asked questions

Get answers to the most common queries related to the CLAT Examination Preparation.

What is the difference between Prefix and Suffix?

Ans: Pre-fix is added at the starting of a word, whereas suffix at the end of the word.

How to find the correct meaning of a word quickly?

Ans: Refer to an Advanced dictionary or Read the sentence again

How can we differentiate the homophones?

Ans: Though they sound similar spell check can help one differentiate it.

Ans: Pre-fix is added at the starting of a word, whereas suffix at the end of the word.

Ans: Refer to an Advanced dictionary or Read the sentence again

Ans: Though they sound similar spell check can help one differentiate it.

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