Definitions for text

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text text

Spelling: [tekst]

IPA: /tɛkst/

Text is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in text (ettx).

Definitions for text

noun

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:
3. the actual wording of anything written or printed:
4. any of the various forms in which a writing exists:
5. the wording adopted by an editor as representing the original words of an author:
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: 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.

verb (used with object)

1. to send a text message about or containing: Compare instant message (def 2).
2. to send a text message to:

verb (used without object)

1. to send a 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

Examples for text

Editor's Note: This article has been revised to include the definition and text of Section 12.

Transcriber's Note on text: Some obvious errors have been corrected.

They are listed more or less in the order they appeared in the text.

Catalogue, published by Flammarion (2014), includes photographs from the Magnum Photos archives and text by Éric Hazan.

A union representative told Buzzfeed News that they never received a text from Liang.

The text amply surveys the various cultural exponents of tattooing accompanied by excellent images.

For the purists: A list of changes and corrections to the text.

There was no need for this cause to change the text of Scripture.

Then he sent me a text and asked if we could “chat,” and he invited me to do it.

Sometimes a literary or historical picture creeps into the text.