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text
noun
verb
The words of something written
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tɛkst
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noun
The words of something written
“There were more than a thousand words of text”
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”
noun
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges
“His economics textbook is in its tenth edition”
noun
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
“Pictures made the text easier to understand”
verb
To send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service
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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
The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon
His economics textbook is in its tenth edition
The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy
Pictures made the text easier to understand
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