text
/tɛkst/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
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.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "In the morning, you're vexed / He's on to the next / And you didn't even get no text"
- "German text"
- "Just text me when you get here."
- "I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it."
- "Have you been texting all afternoon?"
- "I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: text, texte, textus