Common Core · English Language Arts
L.6.4d
Grade 6 · Language
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4d
- Short code
- L.6.4d
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- Grade 6
- Domain
- Language
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