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Definition of 'text'English
Noun
A consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
A book, tome or other set of writings.
(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data ).
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
- German text
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Verb
To send a text message to; to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
- Just text me when you get here.
To send (a message) to someone by SMS.
- I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
To send and receive text messages.
- Have you been texting all afternoon?
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
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* {{quote-book
|year=2009
|year_published=
|edition=
|editor=
|author=Lain Fenlon
|title=Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music
|chapter=
citation
|genre=Music
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=9780521746540
|page= p. 223
|passage=The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted' line is above the '''untexted'''; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the '''texted''' line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the ' texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.
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Synonyms
* (to send a text message to) message, SMS (UK)
Similar to 'text'test, toast, twist, tight, tacit, tact, twixt, txt, tacet, tost, tast, tucet, teest, tect, toght, tocut, twict
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