Definition
Meaning of 'text'
Meaning of 'text' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Text 
[ n.]
- 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. [ n.]- The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
- A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
- Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
- A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
2. Text [ v. t.]
- To write in large characters, as in text hand. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'text' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. text [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
- a book prepared for use in schools or colleges
Example in sentence:
- his economics textbook is in its tenth edition;
- the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy
Meaning (2):
- the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
- the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
Example in sentence:
- pictures made the text easier to understand
Meaning (3):
- a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
- a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon
Example in sentence:
- the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon
Meaning (4):
- the words of something written
- the words of something written
Example in sentence:
- he wants to reconstruct the original text;
- there were more than a thousand words of text;
- they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
See 'text' also in:
Recent Article
Categories
- Business Studies
- Banking & Finance
- Management & Organization Studies
- HRM & Labor Studies
- Management Information System
- Accounting & Auditing
- Marketing & Public Relations
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business
- Psychology & Behavioral Science
- Computer Programming
- Automotive Engineering
- Computer Networking
- Medical & Health Science
- Microbiology