text
noun
[ tɛkst ]
• a book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form.
• "a text which explores pain and grief"
• the main body of a book or other piece of writing, as distinct from other material such as notes, appendices, and illustrations.
• "the pictures are clear and relate well to the text"
• a written work chosen or set as a subject of study.
• "too much concentration on set texts can turn pupils against reading"
• a text message.
• "just give us a call or send us a text"
• fine, large handwriting, used especially for manuscripts.
text
verb
• send (someone) a text message.
• "if she was going to go she would have texted us"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old Northern French texte, from Latin textus ‘tissue, literary style’ (in medieval Latin, ‘Gospel’), from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere .
