textual

CEFRB2

/ˈtɛks.tju.əl/

adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to written words or texts.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

Examples

  • Each picture in the blog includes textual descriptions for blind readers.

  • I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/
  • /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to text.

  2. Of or pertaining to textuality.

  3. Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.

More examples

In context

  • On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The professor asked for a blank analysis of the poem, focusing only on the words.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.