text
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
Noun 4 meanings
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
A book, tome or other set of writings.
Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Verb 3 meanings
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.”
To send and receive text messages.
“Have you been texting all afternoon?”
To write in large characters, as in text hand.
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 texture.
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TEXT at a glance
TEXT has 4 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (T 1 + E 1 + X 8 + T 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,023 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with text
All rhymes- NEXT11
- CONTEXT16
- PRETEXT16
- SUBTEXT16
- HYPERTEXT24
- PLAINTEXT18
- SEXT11
- CIPHERTEXT24
- TELETEXT15
- URTEXT13
- VEXT14
- VIDEOTEXT20
One letter away
- NEXT11
- TEST4
- TENT4
- TEAT4
- SEXT11
- TELT4
- VEXT14
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