text meaning and definition

TEXT noun

Definition of text (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: 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
   • "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"
   • synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook
   • antonym: trade book
4. the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
   • "pictures made the text easier to understand"