text — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. A book, tome or other set of writings.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.

   Usage

   • broadly
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

4. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Antonyms

   binary

5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   topictheme

6. A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   text hand

   Examples

   German text

Verb

1. To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   message

   Examples

   Just text me when you get here.

   I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.

2. To send and receive text messages.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   Have you been texting all afternoon?

3. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

   Usage

   • Dated

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead

   The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.

Noun

1. the words of something written

   Synonyms

   textual matter

   Broader terms

   matter

   Examples

   there were more than a thousand words of text

   they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech

   More examples (1)

   he wants to reconstruct the original text

2. a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon

   Broader terms

   passage

   Examples

   the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon

3. a book prepared for use in schools or colleges

   Synonyms

   textbooktext editionschoolbookschool text

   Broader terms

   book

   Examples

   his economics textbook is in its tenth edition

   the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

4. the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)

   Broader terms

   matter

   Examples

   pictures made the text easier to understand

Verb

1. to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service

   Broader terms

   message