text
1. the words of something written (Freq. 53)
- 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
• Syn:
textual matter
• Derivationally related forms:
textual
• Hypernyms:
matter
• Hyponyms:
column, cookie, copy, written matter, draft,
draft copy, electronic text, installment, instalment, letter, missive,
line, lipogram, lyric, words, language, stanza
• Part Holonyms:
publication
• Part Meronyms:
word order, book, chapter, foreword, preface,
prolusion, paragraph, passage
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
• Hypernyms:
passage
• Part Holonyms:
Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture,
Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word
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
• Syn:
textbook, text edition, schoolbook, school text
• Ant:
trade edition (for: text edition)
• Hypernyms:
book
• Hyponyms:
crammer, introduction, primer, reader
4. the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
- pictures made the text easier to understand
• Derivationally related forms:
textual
• Hypernyms:
matter
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