English Explanatory Dictionary

text

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
  2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
  3. Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
  4. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
  5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
  6. Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
  7. A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
verb
  1. 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.
  2. To send and receive text messages.
  3. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Pronunciation

tĕkst /tɛkst/ en-us-text.ogg

Word forms

text texts texting texted

Etymology

From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.

Synonyms

topic theme text hand message SMS

Antonyms

binary

Derived words

alt text bi-text body text church text clobber text context drunk text e-text flavor text flavour text here-text hover text in-text meaning-text model meaning-text theory parallel text predictive text pretext rich text sex-text sexting small text source text splash text stick to one's text subtext taproot text target text text adventure textbase text-based text-book textbook text box text door neighbour text editor text file text hook text hooker texting text linguistics text link text message text messaging text neck textonym text painting text retrieval text simplification text tennis text-to-speech text-type text type textual text wall timed text Ur-text visual text wall of text double text

Translations

Finnish: tekstailla Irish: téacsáil Italian: messaggiare Polish: esemesować Polish: SMS-ować Polish: tekstować Spanish: textear
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