English dictionary
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English noun: text | |||
| 1. | text (communication) the words of something written | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | textual matter | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | matter | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | column, cookie, copy, draft, draft copy, electronic text, installment, instalment, language, letter, line, lipogram, lyric, missive, stanza, words, written matter | ||
| Part holonym | book, chapter, foreword, paragraph, passage, preface, prolusion, word order | ||
| Part meronym | publication | ||
| 2. | text (communication) a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon | ||
| Samples | The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | passage | ||
| Part meronym | Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God | ||
| 3. | text (communication) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | ||
| Samples | His economics textbook is in its tenth edition. The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy. | ||
| Synonyms | school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | book | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | crammer, introduction, primer, reader | ||
| Antonyms | trade book, trade edition | ||
| 4. | text (communication) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.) | ||
| Samples | Pictures made the text easier to understand. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | matter | ||
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