text

(tĕkst)
n.

1. 1. The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.
   2. The words of a speech appearing in print.
   3. Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.
   4. Words treated as data by a computer.
2. The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.
3. One of the editions or forms of a written work: After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.
4. Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.
5. A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.
6. A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.
7. A subject; a topic.
8. A textbook.

tr.v., text·ed, text·ing, texts.

1. To send a text message to: She texted me when she arrived.
2. To communicate by text message: He texted that he would be late.

[Middle English texte, from Old French, from Late Latin textus, written account, from Latin, structure, context, body of a passage, from past participle of texere, to weave, fabricate.]

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The meaning most familiar to many people today may well be the most recent one, short for text message (see next entry). This meaning has produced a revival of an obsolete verb: to text someone is to send them a text message.

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Typing a short message from one mobile phone user to another. See SMS and smexting.

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1. Wording in an advertisement, brochure, or other printed document. Generally, the more complex a purchase decision is, the more effective text can be in an advertisement. For example, the more information an advertiser provides about the features of a videocassette recorder, the better; but, for an item like ice cream, informational text is less persuasive. See also body copy.

2. Class of type, including roman, italic, script, gothic, and text.

noun

What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: argument, matter, point, subject, subject matter, theme, topic. See meaning.

1. [techspeak] Executable code, esp. a pure code portion shared between multiple instances of a program running in a multitasking OS. Compare English.

2. Textual material in the mainstream sense; data in ordinary ASCII or EBCDIC representation (see flat-ASCII). “Those are text files; you can review them using the editor.”

These two contradictory senses confuse hackers, too.

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For a list of words related to text, see:

• Publishing - text: written body of book
• Curricula, Studies, Learning, and Tests - text: textbook
• Devices, Techniques, and Elements - text: original words of written composition; main body of written work

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See words rhyming with "text."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tekst, skriftsted, emne, lærebog

idioms:

• text area    tekstområde
• text box    tekstboks
• text editor    teksteditor, tekstbehandler
• text file    tekstfil
• text processing    tekstbehandling
• text wrap    tekstombrydning, ordombrydning

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekst(gedeelte/ uitgave), onderwerp, bijbeltekst

Français (French)
n. - texte

idioms:

• text area    (Comput) zone d'entrée de texte
• text box    (Comput) zone d'entrée de texte
• text editor    (Comput) éditeur de texte
• text file    (Comput) fichier texte
• text processing    traitement de texte
• text wrap    (Comput) mode texte

Deutsch (German)
n. - Text, Wortlaut, Bibelstelle, Lehrbuch, Pflichtlektüre

idioms:

• text area    Spiegel
• text box    Textrahmen
• text editor    (EDV) Texteditor
• text file    Textdatei
• text processing    Textverarbeitung
• text wrap    Text verpacken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κείμενο, διδαχή, κατήχηση

idioms:

• text area    (Η/Υ) περιοχή κειμένου
• text box    (Η/Υ) πλαίσιο για δακτυλογράφηση κειμένου
• text editor    πρόγραμμα επεξεργασίας απλών κειμένων
• text file    (Η/Υ) αρχείο κειμένου
• text processing    (ηλεκτρονική) επεξεργασία κειμένου
• text wrap    (Η/Υ) αναδίπλωση κειμένου (στο τέλος κάθε αράδας)

Italiano (Italian)
testo

idioms:

• text editor    elaboratore di testi
• text processing    elaborazione di testi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - texto (m)

idioms:

• text editor    editor de texto (m)
• text processing    processamento de texto (m)

Русский (Russian)
текст, любая информация в письменном виде

idioms:

• text editor    редактор-корректор
• text processing    обработка текста

Español (Spanish)
n. - tema, texto, libro de texto

idioms:

• text area    área de texto
• text box    cuadro de texto
• text editor    editor de textos
• text file    archivo de texto
• text processing    procesamiento de textos
• text wrap    (comp) modo en el cual un texto se coloca alrededor de una imagen

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - text, ämne, tema

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
正文, 课文, 原文

idioms:

• text area    文字区域
• text box    文字框, 正文框
• text editor    正文编辑程序
• text file    文本文件
• text processing    文字处理
• text wrap    字处理软件中的自动换行

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 正文, 課文, 原文

idioms:

• text area    文字區域
• text box    文字框, 正文框
• text editor    正文編輯程式
• text file    文字檔案
• text processing    文字處理
• text wrap    文字處理軟體中的自動換行

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 본문, 성경의 원구, 제목

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 本文, 原文, 聖書の句, 版, 教科書, テキスト

idioms:

• text area    (電算)テキストエリア
• text editor    テキストエディタ
• text processing    テキスト処理, 文書処理

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمتن, النص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גוף הספר, להבדיל מהערות, איורים ונספחים, תמליל, גרסה, הנוסח המקורי של המחבר, טקסט, מובאה, ספר-לימוד, נושא, נתונים בצורת תמליל, בייחוד כאלה המאוחסנים במעבד-תמלילים‬

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