text

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Academic

n. a book that you use to study a particular subject at school or university.

n. a book or other written work used as a standard source for the study of a particular subject.

日本語:テキスト※

“We need to buy the history text before the first lecture on Monday.”

“The professor assigned a primary text from the nineteenth century to provide students with a first-hand account of the industrial revolution.”

A2 · Elementary Countable noun Informal

n. a short written message sent from one mobile phone to another.

n. a brief electronic message sent between mobile devices, typically via SMS or a messaging app.

日本語:メール※

“I sent you a text an hour ago to tell you I would be late.”

“She received a frantic text from her brother, who had forgotten his keys and was locked out of the apartment.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun Computing Technical

n. information on a computer that is made of letters and numbers rather than images or sound.

n. data consisting of a sequence of characters that can be interpreted as human-readable language.

“You can save the file as a simple text document if you don't need the formatting.”

“The software is designed to extract raw text from encrypted files without compromising the underlying data structure.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Religion Formal · Academic

n. a specific sentence or short piece of writing from a holy book or a famous story.

n. a specific passage from a sacred work or a literary composition used as a subject for analysis or a sermon.

Español:texto

“The priest chose a short text from the Bible for his morning talk.”

“The scholar spent years deconstructing this specific text, arguing that its original meaning had been lost through centuries of poor translation.”

A2 · Elementary Informal

v. to send a written message to someone using a mobile phone.

v. to transmit a text message to a recipient using a mobile device; used both transitively and intransitively.

“Text me when you get home so I know you are safe.”

“He was texting his colleagues throughout the conference, sharing observations about the speakers in real time.”