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text
- /tɛkst/
Rhymes with -ɛkst
Where it comes from
From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.
noun texts
- A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
- A book, tome or other set of writings.
- Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
- Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. In the morning, you're vexed / He's on to the next / And you didn't even get no text
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Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Opposite: binary
- A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
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A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text
Similar: text hand
verb texts · texting · texted · text
- To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones. Just text me when you get here.
- To send and receive text messages. Have you been texting all afternoon?
- To write in large characters, as in text hand. I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: schoolbook, textbook, school text, text edition, textual matter, writing, letter, paragraph, manuscript, caption, print, written, transcript, edition, reader, inscription
Translations
Every language
noun a book, tome or other set of writings
| Español | texto |
|---|---|
| Português | texto |
| Français | texte |
| Deutsch | Text |
| Italiano | testo |
| Русский | текст tekst |
| עברית | טֶקסט tekst |
noun a written passage
| Español | texto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 텍스트 tekseuteu, 본문 bonmun |
| 日本語 | 本文 honmon, 文 bun, テキスト tekisuto, 記事 kiji |
| 中文 | 課文 /课文 kèwén |
| हिन्दी | पाठ pāṭh, टेक्स्ट ṭeksṭ |
| Kiswahili | nakala |
| Português | texto |
| Français | texte |
| Deutsch | Text |
| Italiano | testo |
| Ελληνικά | κείμενο keímeno |
| Română | text |
| Русский | текст tekst |
| Tiếng Việt | văn bản |
| العربية | نَصّ naṣṣ, مَتْن matn |
| עברית | טֶקְסְט tekst |
noun a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones
| Español | texto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 메시지 mesiji, 소식 sosik |
| 日本語 | 伝言 dengon, メッセージ messēji, 短信 tanshin |
| 中文 | 短信 duǎnxìn, 簡訊 /简讯 jiǎnxùn |
| Português | torpedo, mensagem |
| Français | texto, SMS |
| Deutsch | SMS |
| Italiano | sms, messaggio |
| Ελληνικά | μήνυμα mínyma |
| Русский | сообще́ние soobščénije, СМС SMS, эс-эм-э́с es-em-és, эсэмэ́ска esɛmɛ́ska |
| العربية | رِسَالَة risāla, مِيسِيج mīsij, إِس إِم إِس ʔes ʔem ʔes, رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس risālat ʔes ʔem ʔes |
| עברית | SMS |
verb to send and receive SMSs
| Español | textear |
|---|---|
| Italiano | messaggiare |
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