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   text

   /tɛkst/

   noun

   • 1. a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form: "a text which explores pain and grief" Similar written workbookworkprinted worknarrative
   • ▪ a piece of written or printed material regarded as conveying the authentic or primary form of a particular work: "in some passages it is difficult to establish the original text"
   • ▪ written or printed words, typically forming a connected piece of work: "stylistic features of journalistic text"
   • ▪ data in the form of words or alphabetic characters.
   • 2. the main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from other material such as notes, appendices, and illustrations: "the pictures are clear and relate well to the text" Similar wordswordingsubject mattercontentcontentsbodymain bodymain matter
   • ▪ a script or libretto. Similar transcriptscript
   • 3. a written work chosen or set as a subject of study: "too much concentration on set texts can turn pupils against reading"
   • ▪ a textbook: "an organic chemistry text" Similar textbookbookset bookset text
   • ▪ a passage from the Bible or other religious work, especially when used as the subject of a sermon. Similar passageextractquotationverselinereadinglesson
   • ▪ a subject or theme for a discussion or exposition: "he took as his text the fact that Australia is paradise" Similar themesubjecttopicissuepointmotifthesisargument
   • 4. a text message: "just give us a call or send us a text"
   • 5. fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.

   verb

   • 1. send (someone) a text message: "if she was going to go she would have texted us"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old Northern French texte, from Latin textus ‘tissue, literary style’ (in medieval Latin, ‘Gospel’), from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. texter noun
   • 2. textless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • T

     1

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