Text Printed Extra Examples Tekst Book Read Answer

• a computer that can process text
• printed text
• highlight the area of text on screen and press the ‘delete’ key.
• read the text carefully and then answer the questions.

text

1. any form of written material
• SEE ALSO plain text
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/plain-text
• a computer that can process text
• printed text
• Highlight the area of text on screen and press the ‘delete’ key.

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• one of the best HTML text editors available
• When you point at the icon, a small text box appears.
• Use the mouse to move chunks of text from place to place.
• The program allows you to import text files from other word processors.
2. a piece of writing that you have to answer questions about in an exam or a lesson
• SYNONYM passage
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/passage
• Read the text carefully and then answer the questions.

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• We discussed the use of metaphor in the text.
• a poetic text about growing up in rural England
3. a written message that you send using a mobile phone
• She sent me a text to say she would be late.
4. the main printed part of a book or magazine, not the notes, pictures, etc.
• My job is to lay out the text and graphics on the page.
• She wrote the text for a book of photographs.

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• Hand symbols in the main body of the text cross-refer the reader to the appendices.
• The catalogue consists of colour reproductions of the paintings with accompanying text.
• The illustrations are printed separately from the main text.
• The photographs are accompanied by text.
5. the written form of a speech, a play, an article, etc.
• The newspaper had printed the full text of the president's speech.
• Can you act out this scene without referring to the text?
• The filmed version of Henry V stays close to the original text.

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• He stood up and began reading from a prepared text.
• She strayed from the text in a few places to illustrate some of her more interesting points.
• I posted the full text for free on my site.
6. a book, play, etc., especially one that is being studied
• SEE ALSO set text
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/set-text
• a literary text
• sacred/religious/ancient texts

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• Her books appear on lists of recommended texts in universities.
• The book exhibits a close reading of primary texts as well as scholarly commentaries.
• We're studying dramatic texts by Mexican playwrights.
• It is one of the most difficult literary texts of all time.
• Students are requested not to buy texts prior to the first class.
7. a book that teaches a particular subject and that is used especially in schools and colleges
• medical texts
8. a sentence or short passage from the Bible that is read out and discussed by somebody, especially during a religious service

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old Northern French texte, from Latin textus ‘tissue, literary style’ (in medieval Latin, ‘Gospel’), from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere.