Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with text in American Collocation
text
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
complete or 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
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
There are many ways to make electronic text easier to read.
recommended or required for study
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
She co-authored the seminal text on eating disorders in young women.
old
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
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
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
Blind children read braille at about a third of the pace that sighted children read printed text.
interpret text
Readers use implicit grammatical knowledge as they interpret a text.
edit text
There is no indication as to who edited this text.
cut, paste or move text
If emailing, cut and paste the text into the body of the email.
select or highlight text
Click the button to underline the selected text.