# text

Pronunciation: say "TEKST" /tɛkst/

## Noun

1. Words or other characters in written form, in general and in any amount, as opposed to pictures or speech.
   - Simple: Written words, letters, or symbols, not pictures or speech.
   - _Scholars studied the text engraved on the temple walls._
   - _The editor reviewed the entire text for errors before publication._
2. Ellipsis of text message. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Short form of text message: a brief written message sent between phones.
   - _She fired off a quick text before the meeting started._
   - _His phone buzzed with a text from an unknown number._
4. A book, volume, or other complete body of writings.
   - Simple: A book or other complete written work.
   - _The professor assigned a classic text on the history of economics._
   - _Medieval scholars copied each text by hand over many months._
5. The principal written content of a book or document, as distinguished from its illustrations, notes, appendices and similar added material.
   - Simple: The main written part of a book or document, not the pictures, notes, or other extra parts.
   - _The footnotes run almost as long as the text itself._
   - _The designer wrapped the text around the photographs so each page felt balanced._
6. Digital data that can be interpreted and displayed as human-readable characters rather than as binary or image formats.
   - Simple: Computer information represented as readable characters, such as letters, numbers, and symbols.
   - _The program converts each document into searchable text before indexing it._
   - _Plain text contains no formatting at all, only the characters themselves._
7. A verse or passage from the Bible, particularly one that a sermon is based on or that is cited to prove a doctrine.
   - Simple: A short part of the Bible, especially one used as the topic of a sermon or to support a religious teaching.
   - _The minister announced his text and began to preach._
   - _Before the sermon, the minister announced his text, a single verse from the Psalms._
8. The topic around which a speech, argument, or piece of writing is developed.
   - Simple: The main thing that a piece of writing or a speech is about.
   - _With the city's housing shortage as his text, the speaker spent forty minutes arguing for cheaper rents._
   - _He took poverty as his text and spoke for nearly an hour._

## Verb

3. To send a written message to someone by phone, or to exchange such messages.
   - Simple: To send someone a written message on a phone, or to send messages back and forth.
   - _I'll text you the address once I find the invitation._
   - _He texted his boss to say he would be late for the meeting._

## Verb

9. To write in large characters, as in a formal large hand. *(dated)*
   - Simple: To write something in large, careful letters.

## Other meanings

- (noun) A large style of handwriting, or a printing typeface such as black letter.

## Origin

It comes from Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus ("the Scriptures, text, treatise"), from Latin textus ("the style or texture of a work"), a noun formed from texō ("I weave"). It is related to English texture.

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