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text
What does text mean?
text (noun): the words of something written.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use text in a sentence?
- There were more than a thousand words of text. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- He wants to reconstruct the original text. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce text?
/tɛkst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does text come from?
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”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to text
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “text” mean?
the words of something written
Right! That's what “text” means.
how long something has existed
Not quite: that's what age means.
the specified day of the month
Not quite: that's what date means.
a particular geographic region
Not quite: that's what area means.
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