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TEXT
text, textual matter
(noun) 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”
text
(noun) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); “pictures made the text easier to understand”
textbook, text, text edition, schoolbook, school text
(noun) 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”
text
(noun) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
text (countable and uncountable, plural texts)
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
A book, tome or other set of writings.
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Synonym: text message
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Coordinate term: plain text
Antonym: binary
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Synonyms: topic, theme
(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
Synonym: text hand
Hyponyms
• flat text
• hypertext
• plain text
• plaintext
• running text
• schizotext
• subtext
Verb
text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle (nonstandard) text or texted)
(transitive) 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.
Synonyms: message, SMS (UK)
(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
(dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Source: Wiktionary
Text, n. Etym: [F. texte, L. textus, texture, structure, context, fr. texere, textum, to weave, construct, compose; cf. Gr. taksh to cut, carve, make. Cf. Context, Mantle, n., Pretext, Tissue, Toil a snare.]
1. A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary. Chaucer.
2. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence. [R.]
3. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine. How oft, when Paul has served us with a text, Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached! Cowper.
4. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
5. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text. Text blindness. (Physiol.) See Word blindness, under Word.
– Text letter, a large or capital letter. [Obs.] -- Text pen, a kind of metallic pen used in engrossing, or in writing text-hand.
Text, v. t.
Definition: To write in large characters, as in text hand. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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