Collocations for "text"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "text" in context.
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ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [an interesting, a boring, a complicated] text
- a [block, paragraph] of text
- [12] -point text
- size- [12] text
- did you [read, finish] the text?
- [read] this text for [Monday's] [class, lecture]
- did you [read] [Monday's] text?
- had difficulties [reading, understanding] the text
- [high-school, college] -level texts
- an excerpt from the text
- [a summary, an analysis] of the text
- select texts for [reading, analysis]
- the text is in [Spanish]
- a text [on, about]
- the text is [on]
- the text [describes, discusses]
- a text [describing]
- [fifty] pages of solid text
- search the text for
- [select, highlight, edit] the text
- the text is too small for me to [see, read]
- can't [see] the small text
- am using speech to text
- got a text on my phone
- send me a text
- send it to me by text
- text your [friends, partner, parents]
- text your [response, answer, question]
- I (just) texted you (back)
- you didn't text me (back)
- texted from [home, school, the road]
- text me about [tomorrow, dinner, our plans]
- text me [on Monday, tomorrow, later]
- don't text and drive
- [increase, decrease] the text size
- am using speech-to-text software
- using a text editor
- text-editing software
- sent her a text message
'text' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
English
- Spanish
- add
- aloud
- anchor
- answer
- applicant
- barely
- blank
- blur
- body
- bold
- book
- bracket
- cancellation
- center
- chunk
- clear
- column
- coordinate
- corresponding
- cut
- delete
- each
- editor
- enclose
- encode
- enlarge
- error
- excerpt
- expand
- file
- formal
- format
- full
- highlight
- home
- ignore
- inappropriate
- insert
- load
- lyric
- mark
- message
- minute
- modification
- monitor
- normal
- overlay
- page