- text
- noun1 written wordsADJECTIVE▪ complete, full▪
The newspaper printed the full text of the interview.
▪ draft▪ final▪ original▪ main▪The illustrations are printed separately from the main text.
▪ accompanying▪The catalogue consists of reproductions of the paintings with accompanying text.
▪ electronic, handwritten, printed, written▪ plain (computing)▪Save the file in plain text format.
… OF TEXT▪ block, body, chunk, line, page, piece, portion▪Hand symbols in the main body of the text cross-refer the reader to the appendices.
▪Use the mouse to move chunks of text from place to place.
VERB + TEXT▪ create, produce, provide, write▪ edit▪ highlight▪ cut, delete▪ insert, move, paste▪ scan, scan in▪ handle, manipulate, process▪computer programs that process text
▪ set▪ print▪ publish▪ post▪I posted the full text for free on my site.
▪ read▪ transcribe▪ translateTEXT + VERB▪ accompany▪The photographs are accompanied by text.
TEXT + NOUN▪ file▪The program allows you to import text files.
▪ editor▪one of the best HTML text editors available
▪ message, messaging (usually text-messaging)▪The text message just said ‘Hope 2CU\@the party’.
▪ box▪When you point at the icon, a small text box appears.
2 book or piece of writing to be studiedADJECTIVE▪ basic, introductory▪ key, main, primary, standard▪ canonical, classic▪ authoritative, influential▪ ancient, classical▪ explanatory▪ primary, secondary▪The book exhibits a close reading of primary texts as well as scholarly commentaries.
▪ recommended, set (esp. BrE)▪Her books appear on lists of recommended texts in universities.
▪‘Antony and Cleopatra’ was one of our set texts for A level.
▪ prepared▪He stood up and began reading from a prepared text.
▪ academic, biblical, dramatic, historical, legal, literary, poetic, religious, sacred, scientific, etc.▪We're studying dramatic texts by Mexican playwrights.
▪ biology, mathematics, etc.VERB + TEXT▪ read, read from▪ analyse/analyze, deconstruct, interpret, study▪ understand▪ annotateTEXT + VERB▪ contain sth, describe sth, emphasize sth, indicate sth, provide sth, reveal sth, suggest sth▪The ancient text describes the food of the Egyptian army.
TEXT + NOUN▪ analysisPREPOSITION▪ in a/the text▪We discussed the use of metaphor in the text.
▪ text about, text on▪a poetic text about growing up in the South.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
