text (t kst)n. 1. a. The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation. b. The words of a speech appearing in print. c. Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition. d. Words treated as data by a computer. 2. The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book. 3. One of the editions or forms of a written work: After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem. 4. Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis. 5. A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument. 6. A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion. 7. A subject; a topic. 8. A textbook. tr.v. text·ed, text·ing, texts 1. To send a text message to: She texted me when she arrived. 2. To communicate by text message: He texted that he would be late. [Middle English texte, from Old French, from Late Latin textus, written account, from Latin, structure, context, body of a passage, from past participle of texere, to weave, fabricate; see teks- in Indo-European roots.] |
text
Noun
1. the main body of a printed or written work as distinct from items such as notes or illustrations
2. any written material, such as words displayed on a visual display unit
3. the written version of the words of a speech, broadcast or recording: an advance text of the remarks the president will deliver tonight
4. a short passage of the Bible used as a starting point for a sermon
5. a book required as part of a course of study: shelves full of sociology texts
Verb
1. to send (a text message) by mobile phone
2. to contact (a person) by means of a text message [Latin texere to compose]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  text - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"column - a page or text that is vertically divided; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" cookie - a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site word order - the order of words in a text written matter, copy - matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials draft copy, draft - any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" electronic text - text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen instalment, installment - a part of a published serial book - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" chapter - a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" paragraph - one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" lipogram - a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet lyric, words, language - the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem |
| 2. | text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" | |
| 3. |  text - a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" crammer - a textbook designed for cramming introduction - a basic or elementary instructional text primer - an introductory textbook reader - one of a series of texts for students learning to read | |
| 4. | text - the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand" matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" |
text
noun 3. transcript, script
Translations
n text [tekst]
1 in a book, the written or printed words, as opposed to the illustrations, notes etc First the text was printed, then the drawings added. teks نَص текст text tekst der Text κείμενο texto tekst متن teksti texte טֶקסט पाठ tekst szöveg teks texti, lesmál testo 本文 (책의) 본문 tekstas teksts teks tekst tekst tekst texto text текст text besedilo tekst text เนื้อหา metin, tekst 本文，正文 текст عبارت nguyên văn 本文，正文
2 a passage from the Bible about which a sermon is preached He preached on a text from St John's gospel. teks, teksverse أحد نُصوص التوراه أو الأناجيل проповед biblický citát skriftsted die Bibelstelle απόσπασμα, χωρίο texto piiblisalm نقل قول؛ شاهد raamatunlause texte פְּסוּקִים विषय वाक्य mjesto ili citat iz Svetog Pisma textus bab texti dagsins testo 聖句 성서의 구절 ištrauka (iš Biblijos) vieta (Bībelē) ayat bijbeltekst bibel-/skriftsted temat texto text (biblic) цитата из Библии biblický citát citat iz biblije tekst iz biblije []text ข้อความสั้น ๆ İncil'den kısa bir parça (《聖經》的)經文(句) цитата з Біблії بائبل کا اقتباس đoạn trích từ kinh thánh （《圣经》的）经文（句）
n textbook
a book used in teaching, giving the main facts about a subject a history textbook. handboek كِتاب مَدْرَسي учебник učebnice lærebog das Lehrbuch σχολικό βιβλίο libro de texto õpik کتاب درسی؛ کتاب حاوی اصول هر چیز oppikirja manuel סֵפֶר לִימוּד पाठ्य पुस्तक udžbenik tankönyv buku teks kennslubók manuale, libro di testo 教科書 교과서 vadovėlis mācību grāmata buku teks studieboek lærebok podręcznik livro de texto manual учебник učebnica učbenik udžbenik lärobok หนังสือเรียน ders kitabı 教科書, 課本 підручник, посібник نصابي کتاب sách giáo khoa 教科书, 课本
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