Definition of Text

1. Noun. The words of something written. "He wants to reconstruct the original text"

Exact synonyms: Textual Matter
Specialized synonyms: Column, Cookie, Copy, Written Matter, Draft, Draft Copy, Electronic Text, Installment, Instalment, Letter, Missive, Line, Lipogram, Language, Lyric, Words, Stanza
Generic synonyms: Matter
Terms within: Word Order, Book, Chapter, Foreword, Preface, Prolusion, Paragraph, Passage
Group relationships: Publication
Derivative terms: Textual

2. Noun. A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon. "The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"

3. Noun. A book prepared for use in schools or colleges. "The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
Exact synonyms: School Text, Schoolbook, Text Edition, Textbook
Generic synonyms: Book
Specialized synonyms: Crammer, Introduction, Primer, Reader
Antonyms: Trade Edition

4. Noun. The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.). "Pictures made the text easier to understand"
Generic synonyms: Matter
Derivative terms: Textual

Definition of Text

1. 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.

2. v. t. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Definition of Text

1. the main body of a written or printed work [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Text

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