What is the meaning of text?

noun

  • The words of something written.
    • usage: "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"
  • A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon.
    • usage: "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"
  • A book prepared for use in schools or colleges.
    • usage: "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
  • The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.. )
    • usage: "pictures made the text easier to understand"
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APAWordNet. (2010). text. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/text/definitions/1216170
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "text" http://smartdefine.org/text/definitions/1216170 (accessed September 22, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, text, Smart Define, viewed 22 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/text/definitions/1216170>.
MLAWordNet. "text" 23 October 2010. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/text/definitions/1216170>
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