text
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- noun
- /tɛkst/
- Lauren used the benchmark texts in Table 2 as a guide for matching students and texts.
- read the text
- texts for students
- text types
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- And that's another text that I returned to often.
- It's OK to read Thomas's text just by themselves.
Examples
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It's a standard text used all over the world.
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But again, a lot of students never buy a text and do just fine.
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We're going to go through the entire text in six weeks.
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And in the first stage, I just read the text over and over again.
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Because it's a basic text of Western culture, and I want to read it in the original, okay?
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Our text today comes from the Gospel of Luke.
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I encouraged students to examine their copies of the text for evidence during the discussions.
Academic text (2013) -
For millennia, the study of original classic texts constituted the core of education.
Academic text (2008) -
Successful reading of complex disciplinary texts includes consideration of both language issues and disciplinary knowledge.
Academic text (2013) -
In our history class, we analyzed the main text to understand the events of the past.
Synonyms
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A book that students use to learn a subject at school or college
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A book used by students at school or college to learn
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A book that collects original documents and texts for study
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A book used in class to help students learn a subject
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 Authoritative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Text meaning a book used for study also comes from Latin textus 'to weave'. Important written works used in classes became known as 'texts', which is why we call a main course book a textbook.