text

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tiste, texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin, texture, context, from texere to weave — more at technical Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the original words and form of a written or printed work (2) an edited or emended copy of an original work b. a work containing such text 2. a. the main body of printed or written matter on a page b. the principal part of a book exclusive of front and back matter c. the printed score of a musical composition 3. a. (1) a verse or passage of Scripture chosen especially for the subject of a sermon or for authoritative support (as for a doctrine) (2) a passage from an authoritative source providing an introduction or basis (as for a speech) b. a source of information or authority 4. theme, topic 5. a. the words of something (as a poem) set to music b. matter chiefly in the form of words that is treated as data for processing by computerized equipment <

a text-editing typewriter

> 6. a type suitable for printing running text 7. textbook 8. a. something (as a story or movie) considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed b. something likened to a text <

the surfaces of daily life are texts to be explicated — Michiko Kakutani

> 9. frame of reference 2 <

updated to fit the women's lib text for consciousness raising — Judith Crist

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