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Definitions for Text

[1] the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc.
[2] the original words of an author or speaker, as opposed to a translation, paraphrase, commentary, or the like: The newspaper published the whole text of the speech.
[3] the actual wording of anything written or printed: You have not kept to the text of my remarks.
[4] any of the various forms in which a writing exists: The text is a medieval transcription.
[5] the wording adopted by an editor as representing the original words of an author: the authoritative text of Catullus.
[6] any theme or topic; subject.
[7] the words of a song or the like.
[8] a textbook.
[9] a short passage of Scripture, especially one chosen in proof of a doctrine or as the subject of a sermon: The text he chose was the Sermon on the Mount.
[10] the letter of the Holy Scripture, or the Scriptures themselves.
[11] Printing . black letter. type, as distinguished from illustrations, margins, etc.
[12] Linguistics . a unit of connected speech or writing, especially composed of more than one sentence, that forms a cohesive whole.
[13] anything considered to be a subject for analysis by or as if by methods of literary criticism.
[14] Digital Technology . a text message.
[15] to send a text message: Texting while driving is an accident asking to happen.
[16] to send a text message about or containing: He texted a long wish list to his parents two days before his eighteenth birthday. Compare instant message(def 2) .
[17] to send a text message to: The only way I can ever reach her is to text her.
[18] the main body of a printed or written work as distinct from commentary, notes, illustrations, etc
[19] the words of something printed or written
[20] (often plural) a book prescribed as part of a course of study
[21] computing the words printed, written, or displayed on a visual display unit
[22] the original exact wording of a work, esp the Bible, as distinct from a revision or translation
[23] a short passage of the Bible used as a starting point for a sermon or adduced as proof of a doctrine
[24] the topic or subject of a discussion or work
[25] printing any one of several styles of letters or types
[26] short for textbook
[27] short for text message
[28] to send a text message from a mobile phone

Words related to Text

idea, wording, theme, passage, content, verse, document, quotation, paragraph, handbook, manual, textbook, body, topic, head, context, thesis, vocabulary, point, fundamentals

Words nearby Text

texas rangers, texas revolution, texas sage, texas tower, texel, text, text blindness, text edition, text editor, text hand, text message

Origin of Text

1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin textus text, terms, Latin: text, structure, orig., pattern of weaving, texture (of cloth), equivalent to tex(ere ) to weave + -tus suffix of v. action

Other words from Text

text·less , adjective

Word origin for Text

C14: from Medieval Latin textus version, from Latin textus texture, from texere to compose

Synonyms for Text

content, document, idea, paragraph, passage, quotation, theme, verse, wording, argument, body, consideration, contents, context, extract, fundamentals, head, issue, line, lines, matter, motive, point, sentence, stanza, subject, thesis, topic, vocabulary, words, main body, motify