Textual

Definition

text /tekst/ n ၁။ [U] စာသား။ too much text and not enough pictures ❍ The index refers the reader to pages in the text. ၂။ (က) [C] (မိန္႔ခြန္း၊ ျပဇာတ္၊ ေဆာင္းပါး) စာသား။ the full text of the President's speech ❍ As an actor, I keep going back to the text when I'm working on my performance. (ခ) [U] လက္ေရး။ စာ။ a computer that can process text. ၃။ [C] (က) ျပ႒ာန္းစာအုပ္။ ‘Hamlet’ is a set text this year. (ခ) စာပိုဒ္။ စာသား။ Read the text carefully and then answer the questions. ၄။ [C] သမၼာက်မ္းစာမွစာပိုဒ္။ I take as my text… ❏ textual /'tekstʃuǝl/ adj စာသား။ textual criticism ❍ textual errors.

Examples

1. There are 200 pages of text and illustrations.
2. The text of the lecture is available from the departmental office.
3. We’ll be analysing the language of literary texts.
4. [set text] : The play is a set text for first-year students.
5. Has everyone finished reading the text?
6. History texts