textnoun
uk/tekst/us/tekst/B1 [ U ] the written words in a book, magazine, etc., not the pictures:
The book has 500 pages of text.
A2 [ C ] a text message :
I'll send you a text as soon as I have any news.
the text of sth
the exact words of a speech, etc.:
Can we see the full text of your speech before Tuesday?
B1 [ C ] UK a book or piece of writing that you study as part of a course:
"Ulysses" is a set text for the exam.
[ C usually singular ] a sentence or piece of writing from the Bible that a priest or minister reads aloud in church and talks about
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- The spelling mistakes in the text had been highlighted in green.
- The text is finished, but the pictures will have to be pasted in later.
- You need to demonstrate to the examiners that you have more than a literal understanding of the text.
- The students are reading "Lord of the Flies" as one of their set texts this year.
- At this point in the speech, the minister departed from his prepared text.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- caption
- creative writing
- doodle
- encomium
- excerpt
- fair
- fair copy
- fair sth out
- jottings
- manuscript
- microblog
- ms
- paragraph
- record
- squiggle
- subheading
- transcription
- typescript
- writing
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Communications - messaging
Saying & uttering
Books & parts of books
The Bible - people, events & places
textverb [ T ]
uk/tekst/us/tekst/A2 to send someone a text message by phone:
I texted her to arrange a time to meet.
More examples
- She spends hours texting her boyfriend.
- He texted me when he set off.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - messaging
- beep
- beeper
- bleep
- EMS
- fax
- intercom
- Mailgram
- message
- page
- pager
- resend
- sexting
- Telemessage
- telemetry
- teleprinter
- telex
- text message
- thnq
- wire
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texting
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtekst.ɪŋ/us/ˈtekst.ɪŋ/