Etymology From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
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A book, tome or other set of writings.
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Broadly Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
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Abbreviation, Colloquial, Ellipsis Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
In the morning, you're vexed / He's on to the next / And you didn't even get no text2004, Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi, “Fuck Me Pumps”, in Frank, performed by Amy Winehouse:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
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A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
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Media, Printing, Publishing A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
Etymology From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.
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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.
Just text me when you get here.
I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
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To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?
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Dated To write in large characters, as in text hand.
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 forehead1607–21, Phillip Massinger, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Tragedy of Thierry and Theodoret, act 2, scene 1:
The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.2009, Lain Fenlon, Early Music History: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (Music), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page p. 223: