text
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1.0
- noun
- /tɛkst/
:
texto
- The teacher asked the students to read the text carefully before answering the questions.
- read the text
- written text
- text comprehension
You want to change that text yes, Squarespace.
- You want to change that text yes, Squarespace.
- So this is the text which we're all working from.
- How long should it take me to read this text, this particular text?
Examples
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How are we to help students select texts that will challenge them without frustrating them?
Academic text (2013) -
Ms. Felix carefully evaluated the writing task to find the text structure required for the assignment.
Academic text (2013) -
Let me just make the text bigger, OK?
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So let me put some text up just one time.
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It's a little too much text, too much text.
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So when does this text come on screen?
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What does the text mean for me now?
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And so let's start with what the text actually says here.
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Just stick to the prepared text.
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When you're reading a classic text, you're gaining something.
Synonyms
70
3.6
The main part of a letter or email, not the introduction
53
1.0
The words that appear in a book or newspaper
16
3.2
Words shown with letters on a page or screen instead of spoken
9
2.1
A text that a person makes to share ideas, feelings, or stories
9
1.0
Things someone says or writes to show ideas and feelings
3
2.3
Text created by a person, like a book or letter
2
2.0
Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken
The written words in a book or article, not the pictures
Text to be printed or published without pictures
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A file that has only plain letters, numbers, and symbols with no special formatting
- Specialized
Words and letters a computer saves so you can view and search them
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Text comes from the Latin textus, from texere which means 'to weave', and the same idea is in textile (a cloth). Think of the written words of a book as being 'woven' together, which is why we call the main written part the text.