printed text

collocation in English

meaningsofprintedandtext

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printed
adjective
uk
/ˈprɪn.tɪd/
us
/ˈprɪn.t̬ɪd/
information in the form of books, newspapers, ...
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text
noun
uk
/tekst/
us
/tekst/
the written words in a book, magazine, etc., not ...
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(Definition ofprintedandtextfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprinted text

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These patterns are argued to be present inprintedtext.
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You can perform it just as easily onprintedtextin any language.
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In fact, one is more likely to find autobiographical details in their music than in anyprintedtext.
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Their stated objectives were comprehensibility in the written word, and a proper standardisation of language within theprintedtext.
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One reason that learning to parse text may present a challenge is because, unlike speech,printedtextconveys few direct prosodic cues.
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Despite its wealth of detail, and its nine footnoted appendices taking up a quarter of the closelyprintedtext, no map graces its pages.
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Some book producers, we know, offered open spaces which served to invite the purchaser or user to supplement information provided by theprintedtext.
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First, theprintedtextcould be different from the original performed version as plays could be edited to keep abreast of changing political circumstances.
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Now, handwritten messages are almost a rarity,printedtextfaces great challenges, e-communication predominates, and (so it seems) we are moving rapidly into a 'paperless world'.
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Theprintedtextreads: voting on the first section, second and third section.
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All but 95 of these consisted of a commonprintedtext.
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Printedtextstamps are another popular collectible.
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The 19th-century edition remains the onlyprintedtext.
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The offending passages did not survive into theprintedtext.
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Theprintedtextand the manuscript show significant differences.
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It was 100, 200, 300, 400 pages—more than 500 pages of denselyprintedtext, a treaty that bears some close study.
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It is a hard fact of life that "procedures"and"guidelines" do not overrule theprintedtextof a legally binding treaty.
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Theprintedtextwas usually simple requiring only basic reading skills.
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Note that theprintedtexthas been crossed out and is not the issued order.
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This combined the original hand-written text withprintedtextand photographs.
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In addition to the 1647printedtext, the play exists in manuscript form.
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In 1600 the firstprintedtextstates that the play had been played sundry times.
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