text

Meaning

1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
3. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
4. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
6. Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
7. A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

theme

𐐻𐐯𐐿𐑅𐐻

textual matter

text message

original

clause

school text

text edition

this book

written text

object matter

master sheet

body of the work

retrieval 2

body of text

original text

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛkst/

From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”). Cognate to English texture.