TEXT

Text

In literary theory, a text is any object that can be "read," whether this object is a work of literature, a street sign, an arrangement of buildings on a city block, or styles of clothing. It is a coherent set of signs that transmits some kind of informative message. This set of symbols is considered in terms of the informative message's content, rather than in terms of its physical form or the medium in which it is represented.

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text

Noun

  1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
  2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
  3. A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
  4. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).
  5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
  6. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
  7. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
    German text

Verb

  1. 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.
  2. To send (a message) to someone by SMS.
    I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
  3. To send and receive text messages.
    Have you been texting all afternoon?
  4. To write in large characters, as in text hand.


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