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| 1. | the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc. |
| 2. | the original words of an author or speaker, as opposed to a translation, paraphrase, commentary, or the like: The newspaper published the whole text of the speech. |
| 3. | the actual wording of anything written or printed: You have not kept to the text of my remarks. |
| 4. | any of the various forms in which a writing exists: The text is a medieval transcription. |
| 5. | the wording adopted by an editor as representing the original words of an author: the authoritative text of Catullus. |
| 6. | any theme or topic; subject. |
| 7. | the words of a song or the like. |
| 8. | a textbook. |
| 9. | a short passage of Scripture, esp. one chosen in proof of a doctrine or as the subject of a sermon: The text he chose was the Sermon on the Mount. |
| 10. | the letter of the Holy Scripture, or the Scriptures themselves. |
| 11. | Printing.
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| 12. | Linguistics. a unit of connected speech or writing, esp. composed of more than one sentence, that forms a cohesive whole. |
| 13. | anything considered to be a subject for analysis by or as if by methods of literary criticism. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME < ML textus text, terms, L: text, structure, orig., pattern of weaving, texture (of cloth), equiv. to tex(ere) to weave + -tus suffix of v. action
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Thesaurus Entries
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| Main Entry: | text | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Synonyms: | content, handbook, manual, motif, motive, passage, primer, schoolbook, subject, textbook, theme, topic, workbook | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite This Source | |
| Main Entry: | subject | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about. | |
| Synonyms: | argument, matter, point, subject matter, theme, topic | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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text editor: see word processor.
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