text1 nountext2 verb
texttext1 /tekst/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun 
WORD ORIGINtext
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French texte, from Latin textus ‘woven material’, from texere ‘to weave’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- religious texts
- The front page had no text, just a photograph of the Princess and a huge headline.
- The word processor automatically divides your text into pages.
- You can cut and paste whole blocks of text very easily on screen.
- Finally, the Appendix contains a short bibliography that includes mostly those works to which references are made in the text.
- Handwritten text, either cursive or hand-printed, is much more difficult to recognise than printed text.
- He thought she just wanted to glance at something in the text and he let her take It.
- The texts I selected are all written by male philosophers.
- Those changes appear to be so great that they will certainly still be affecting readers of this text in the 1990s.
- We can only hope Gilstrap won't push to have any of that text deleted.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that has been written or printed
· There's some writing on the back of this photo, but I can't make out what it says.in writing · All bids must be submitted in writing to the above address.piece of writing · Below each picture was a short piece of writing in Arabic script.
writing, especially a small amount of writing: the words: · The words were very faint but I could make out the name 'Alex'.· She scrawled the words 'I love you' on my desk.
the written part of a book, newspaper etc, not including notes, pictures etc: · The front page had no text, just a photograph of the Princess and a huge headline.· You can cut and paste whole blocks of text very easily on screen.
a copy of a book which is written by hand or typed, often before it is printed: · The finished manuscript was sent to the publisher on 3 January.· We were shown some of the ancient manuscripts and rare books that are kept in the British Library.
a piece of writing written on, or cut into, the surface of a stone, coin etc: · We read the inscriptions on the graves, and wondered what each of those lives had been like.· It was an engraved silver plate bearing the inscription 'Made for His Majesty George III June 1737'.
rude, humorous, or political writing on the walls of buildings, trains etc: · The corridors are very dirty, and the walls are covered with graffiti.
a piece of writing. A paper document is usually an official or legal one. A document that you produce on a computer is something you type into a particular file: · Several secret documents went missing from the government's Information department.· Your birth certificate is an important document, which should be kept safe at all times.· Open a new document (=on a computer) and name it "resume".· You can attach any documents to an email and send them to friends or colleagues.
WORD SETSabsenteeism, nounacademic, adjectiveacademy, nounadult education, nounalma mater, nounassessment, nounassessor, nounassignment, nounaudiovisual, adjectiveAV, binder, nounbiology, nounblackboard, nounbursary, nounbusiness studies, nounCAL, nounCALL, nouncareer counselor, nouncareers officer, nouncase study, nounCDT, nouncert., certificate, nouncertificated, adjectivechalkboard, nouncharm school, nounchemistry set, nouncivics, nounclass, nounclassicist, nounclassmate, nouncloze test, nouncoach, nouncoeducation, nouncollege, nouncollegiate, adjectivecommon room, nouncomprehension, nouncomprehensive, adjectivecomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer science, nouncontinuing education, nouncorrespondence course, nouncoursebook, nouncoursework, nouncrash course, nouncredit, nouncrib, verbcross, nouncurriculum, nounD, noundiploma, noundirect method, nounDirector of Studies, noundissect, verbdistance learning, noundistinction, noundo, verbdropout, noundyslexia, nounedify, verbedifying, adjectiveeducate, verbeducational, adjectiveeducationalist, nouneducator, nounEFL, nounELT, nounESL, nounESOL, nounESP, nounessay, nounevening class, nounexam, nounexamination, nounexamine, verbexercise, nounexercise book, nounexternal, adjectiveextracurricular, adjectiveF, fail, nounfellowship, nounfield, nounfield day, nounfield trip, nounfieldwork, nounflashcard, nounflip chart, nounflunk, verbfree period, nounfresher, nounfreshman, nounfurther education, nounglobe, noungoverness, noungrade, verbgraded, adjectivegrade point average, noungrind, nounheuristic, adjectivehistory, nounimmersion, nounineducable, adjectiveinfirmary, nounintake, nounintelligence quotient, nouninterdisciplinary, adjectiveintroductory, adjectiveinvigilate, verbIQ, nounjanitor, nounlearning curve, nounlesson, nounletter, nounletter, verbliberal arts, nounlibrarian, nounlibrary, nounlife science, nounmainstream, adjectivemasterclass, nounmatron, nounmedia studies, nounmnemonic, nounmoderate, verbmoderator, nounmodular, adjectivemodule, nounmultiple choice, adjectivenight school, nounnumerate, adjectiveopen house, nounoral, nounoverqualified, adjectivepapier mâché, nounpass, verbpass, nounpastoral, adjectivepedagogical, adjectivepedagogue, nounpedagogy, nounphonics, nounphrasebook, nounphysical education, nounpicture book, nounplacement, nounplaytime, nounpoli sci, nounpolitical science, nounpolitics, nounprincipal, nounprize day, nounproblem, nounproctor, nounprogrammed learning, nounprotégé, nounquad, nounqualification, nounqualify, verbquick, adjectiverector, nounre-educate, verbrefectory, nounreference, nounreference library, nounrequirement, nounresearch, nounresearch, verbresit, verbresource, nounresult, nounresume, nounretake, verbretake, nounreunion, nounreview, verbrevise, verbrevision, nounrole-play, nounrote, nounscholar, nounscholarship, nounscholastic, adjectiveschool, nounscience, nounscript, nounself-taught, adjectiveset, verbspeciality, nounspelling bee, nounstandard, adjectivestate school, nounstudent body, nounstudent government, nounstudent loan, nounstudent teaching, nounstudent union, nounstudy, verbstudy hall, nounsub, nounsummer holidays, nounsummer vacation, nounsuperintendent, nounteacher, nounteaching, nountechie, nounterm, nounterm paper, nounTESL, nounTESOL, nountext, nountextbook, nountick, nountick, verbtimetable, nountimetable, verbtranscript, nountrimester, nountruancy, nountuition, nountutor, nountutor, verbunderclassman, noununit, noununseen, nounvisual aid, nounvocational, adjectivewhiteboard, nounworkbook, nounworksheet, nounX, nounyearbook, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Literary texts, like all other works of art, have a historical context. ‘Hamlet’ is a set text (=one that must be studied for an examination) this year. British EnglishCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the biblical story of Noah
Literary texts, like all other works of art, have a historical context. ‘Hamlet’ is a set text (=one that must be studied for an examination) this year. British English the biblical story of Noah· The text file contains hints on how to get the best out of the program.
(=a written message that you receive on your mobile phone)· Her phone kept beeping whenever she got a text message.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· In this way, apparent contradictions between Copernican astronomy and biblical texts would be eliminated.· Most of these are paraphrases of biblical texts, and like hymns they vary in theological emphasis and musical appropriateness.· The altered states, the plangent electronic keyboards, and her use of Biblical text all conspire to create a portentous sound.· The biblical text suggests simply that he spoke of them, knowledgeable man that he was.
· It largely disappears when literary texts are treated as cultural traces in a cognitive rather than an affective reading.· It still remains the case pace Freeman that a literary text like King Lear is not definitively explicable.· Increasingly, literary texts are becoming available in computerised form.· For Brooks, Wimsatt and Beardsley complexity and coherence together constitute the key considerations in the analysis of literary texts.· We considered media education largely as part of the exploration of contemporary culture, alongside more traditional literary texts.· For the production-model of the literary text is a very academic one.· Nineteenth and twentieth-century literary texts are also studied through lectures and tutorials.· Truth is similarly found to have no real status in the literary text.
· This represented the honours system at its most farcical, said Mr Wilson's original text.· Queries can be processed even with errors in both queries and the original text.· This means that the original word processor text file gets behind in the alterations.· The original text of the poem was later restored.· Textual criticism Textual criticism is concerned with recovering the original text of a document.· For a supplement expresses what can not be said in the original text.
· There is a clearly written text with an illustrated chronology of the country's history taking it up to 1992.· The incorporation of hand written text placed on top of the photographs referenced women's un acknowledged areas of writing, diaries and letters.· Indeed, the conditions of Elizabethan and later Stuart regulation of drama required a written text.· The approach is conceptual and skills-based, with extensive use of audio-visual resources, fieldwork and written texts.· These variations can include the use of signs and diagrams to replace, or partly replace, written text.
NOUN· The input file in the example below is a text file produced by a word-processor.· You laid out your publication by selecting a text file and pasting it on the page.· It allows a separate header text file to point to the file or files to be stored.· You can view text files by clicking on them.· This way you don't need an editor to view a text file.· It's quite magical to watch a Wordstar text file being converted directly into MacWrite without any interference from the user.· This means that the original word processor text file gets behind in the alterations.· However, the text file describing the circuit requires some long hours studying the manual.
· He shows her a text message sent by Emily asking how the field trip is going.· If the software detects unusual activity on an account, it will send a text message to the mobile phone.· However, the spokesman said it will contact the body before any text messages are sent out.· Amnesty International is also harnessing text messages to apply speedy pressure on governments to release political prisoners.· Almost all users sent and received text messages.
· Analogously, computerised text recognition needs to use higher level knowledge to achieve comparable levels of performance.· An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing.· The development of reliable text recognition procedures would serve two important functions.· Conclusions A probabilistic syntax processor has been developed to assist in the selection of the correct words for a text recognition system.· There are difficulties associated with automatic text recognition however.· Existing systems for performing text recognition are susceptible to errors.· For an automatic text recognition system to succeed it should exploit as much of the higher level information as is computationally possible.· Incorporation of some of the linguistic information that humans employ is necessary to improve text recognition systems.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Printed here is the full text of the senator's resignation speech.
- A completely specific statement of document content would have to be the text of the document itself.
- After his speech came a reading of the text of the proposed law.
- But in the text of the novel Miller is described as living above all these premises and an automatic laundry.
- But it doesn't actually wipe out the text of that file.
- Often these are more important than the text of the statutes.
- Statutory provisions and quotations may be inset or may be incorporated in the text of the judgment.
- There are also plans to publish the text of the lecture.
- What authority could, for example, the text of the creation story possibly have post-Darwin?
- But not in his set books!
- Galsworthy was a set book: I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart.
- One of the set texts for Advent dealt with the birth of John the Baptist.
- So was Naipaul, the writer of a book which was a classroom set text.
- When a graphics element is placed on a page there is now an option to set text wraparound.
WORD FAMILYnountextadjectivetextual
1[uncountable] any written material: One disk can store the equivalent of 500 pages of text.2[uncountable] the writing that forms the main part of a book, magazine etc, rather than the pictures or notes: There should not be too much text in children’s books.3[countable] a book or other piece of writing that is connected with learning or intended for study: Some of the original text has survived. Literary texts, like all other works of art, have a historical context. ‘Hamlet’ is a set text (=one that must be studied for an examination) this year. British English4[countable] American English a textbook: a chemistry text5the text of something the exact words of a speech, article etc: Only ‘The Times’ printed the full text of the president’s speech.6[countable] a text message: He sent me a text saying he would be late.7[countable] a short piece from the Bible that someone reads and talks about during a religious servicetext1 nountext2 verb
texttext2 ●●● S2 verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLE
text
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | text |
| he, she, it | texts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | texted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have texted |
| he, she, it | has texted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had texted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will text |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have texted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am texting |
| he, she, it | is texting | |
| you, we, they | are texting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was texting |
| you, we, they | were texting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been texting |
| he, she, it | has been texting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been texting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be texting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been texting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Text me as soon as you get your exam results.
- My daughter spends nearly all her time either on the phone or texting her friends.
Longman Language Activatorwhen you want to leave a message for someone
· No, she didn't leave a message.leave a message for · Tom left a message for Mike on the answering machine.
spoken say this on the telephone when you are offering to give a message to someone else: · I'm sorry, Mr. Perry isn't in yet. May I take a message?
to send a written message from your mobile phone to someone else's: · My daughter spends nearly all her time either on the phone or texting her friends.· Text me as soon as you get your exam results.
a system on the phone by which you can leave a spoken message for someone: · Hi Jen - I see I've reached your voicemail - I'll try and get back to you later.· I keep my voicemail on most mornings and deal with all my messages in the afternoon.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the biblical story of Noah
the biblical story of Noah· The text file contains hints on how to get the best out of the program.
(=a written message that you receive on your mobile phone)· Her phone kept beeping whenever she got a text message.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to send someone a written message on a mobile phone—texting noun [uncountable]- But not in his set books!
- Galsworthy was a set book: I felt I knew the Forsyte Saga by heart.
- One of the set texts for Advent dealt with the birth of John the Baptist.
- So was Naipaul, the writer of a book which was a classroom set text.
- When a graphics element is placed on a page there is now an option to set text wraparound.