text

1. (noun) the words of something written; "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
Related Words: copy, draft, draft copy, electronic text, hard copy, installment, instalment, language, letter, lyric, material, matter, missive, stanza, words, written matter

2. (noun) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"
Related Words: material, matter

3. (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"
Related Words: passage

4. (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"
Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook
Related Words: book, crammer, introduction, primer, reader



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