1. 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"
   - textual matter 
2. 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" 
3. A book prepared for use in schools or colleges
   "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
   - textbook, text edition, schoolbook, school text 
4. The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
   "pictures made the text easier to understand" 
5. A short text message sent between mobile phones or other electronic devices
   - text message, SMS

1. Contact by sending a text message to a mobile phone or other electronic device
   - SMS

Derived forms: texts, texting, texted

See also: textual

Type of: book, matter, passage

Part of: Bible, Book, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, publication, Scripture, Word, Word of God

Encyclopedia: Text Text, Lies & Videotape

• majority operation
• majority opinion
• majority rule
• majorly
• majors
• majuscular
• majuscule
• MAK
• makable
• Makaira
• Makaira albida
• Makaira marlina
• Makaira mazara
• Makaira mitsukurii
• Makaira nigricans
• Makalu
• Makarios III
• Makataimeshekiakiak
• make
• make a clean breast of
• make a face
• make a motion
• make a point
• make a stink
• make amends