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4-letter words (1 found)

TEXT,

3-letter words (2 found)

TET,TEX,

2-letter words (3 found)

ET,EX,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from text according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of text

text etxt txet xtet extt xett tetx ettx ttex ttex ettx tetx txte xtte ttxe ttxe xtte txte extt xett etxt text xtet txet

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Definitions and meaning of text

text

Etymology

From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“I weave”). Cognate to English texture.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĕkst, IPA(key): /tɛkst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkst
  • Hyphenation: text

Noun

text (countable and uncountable, plural texts)

  1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
  2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
  3. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
    Synonym: text message
  4. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
    Antonym: binary
    Coordinate term: plain text
  5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
  6. (by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
    Synonyms: topic, theme
  7. (printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
    Synonym: text hand

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Verb

text (third-person singular simple present texts, present participle texting, simple past and past participle texted or (colloquial) text)

  1. (transitive) 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.
    Synonyms: message, (UK) SMS
  2. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
  3. (dated) To write in large characters, as in text hand.

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Further reading

  • Text in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
  • “text”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • text in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “text”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin textus (“text”), from Latin textus, perfect passive participle of texō (“weave”). First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtekst]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈtɛkst]

Noun

text m (plural texts or textos)

  1. text

Related terms

  • textual

References

Further reading

  • “text” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “text” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “text” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛkst]

Noun

text m inan

  1. text
    text knihy ― the text of the book
    text písně ― lyrics
    text smlouvy ― the text of the contract

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Further reading

  • text in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • text in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian تخت (taxt).

Noun

text m

  1. throne
  2. bed
  3. wood, tree

Related terms

  • textî
  • textîn
  • textînî

References

  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 389

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French texte, Latin textus.

Pronunciation

Noun

text n (plural texte)

  1. text

References

  • text in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

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Noun

text c

  1. text

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