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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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'text' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . text [ n]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Meaning (2):
- 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 (3):
- 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 (4):
- 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

Nearby Words:

texas text-book text-hand textile textman textmen textorial textrine textual textualist

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