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      text
      noun
      A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
      (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
      A book, tome or other set of writings.
      (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
      A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
      (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
      (colloquial) Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones. [A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones.]
      verb
      (transitive) To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
      (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
      (dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
      Roots
      texotext- · Latin · weave
      Synonyms for text
      textbooknschoolbooknwordingnscriptnwordsn
      Words related to text
      textuaryadjtextualadjtextuallyadvmicroprintsurprintnrubricationnstichometryadjphotocomposehaplographyadjitalicsnpericopedittographyadjhypertextnmessagenitalicizationnformattingncopyreadvemailsncaptionsnpagesntextualismnitalicizingvphonotypyadjreadablenessnstemmaticsnparagraphsnreadableadjtypewrittenadjfontnhandwrittenadj

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