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.