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Common collocations with text in American Collocation

text noun

US /tekst/

complete or original

actual
authentic
complete
complete
entire
full
original

The full text of her presentation can be downloaded here.

There is evidence that someone has tampered with the original text.

main/not main

accompanying
main

The footnotes are quite long, so there are probably about as many words in the footnotes as in the main text.

in a particular format

electronic
printed
written

There are many ways to make electronic text easier to read.

recommended or required for study

canonical
core
introductory
key
prescribed
recommended
set

This book should be a core text on any nursing degree program.

Students will find it useful to look at introductory texts such as Economics of the Public Sector.

one of the most important or well-known

authoritative
canonical
classic
definitive
key
seminal
standard

She co-authored the seminal text on eating disorders in young women.

old

ancient
classical
early
medieval

This is a digital library that provides a wide range of ancient texts with translations, images and a very useful links section.

of a particular type

biblical
descriptive
explanatory
historical
literary
philosophical
religious
sacred

There may be a paragraph of descriptive text associated with an item of news.

We explore the study of literary texts in the classroom.

produce or show text

display
print
produce
publish
reproduce
type

It would be great to see the text displayed in a slightly larger font to make it easier to read.

She has generously given her permission to reproduce this text.

read or study text

analyse
read
study

Blind children read braille at about a third of the pace that sighted children read printed text.

interpret text

interpret
translate

Readers use implicit grammatical knowledge as they interpret a text.

edit text

edit
revise

There is no indication as to who edited this text.

cut, paste or move text

add
copy
cut
delete
enter
format
import
insert
paste

If emailing, cut and paste the text into the body of the email.

select or highlight text

highlight
select
underline

Click the button to underline the selected text.