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noun / verb

text

TEKST/tekst/

Written words conveying information.

The note and phone display the same text: “Meet at noon.”

Close view of a simple paper note containing only the brief functional message 'Meet at noon', alongside a phone showing the same message.
Etymology
textLatinto weave, join together

Latin texere, “to weave,” gave textus, a “thing woven” and the texture or style of a work. This weaving image came to describe a written composition and its wording.

In context

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a Serif on a letter might make text easier to read. Our typographic power extends to the arrangement of larger blocks of text. Controlling the letter spacing is the first step.
1. Understanding Typography | Theory

More examples

  • The text below the diagram explains each step.
  • I send her a text with the address.
  • He texts me when his flight lands.

Forms

text · texts · texted · texting

textual adjective — Relating to the written words themselves.

Similar words

wording
Emphasizes the particular words chosen rather than the written content generally.
message
Emphasizes the information conveyed and need not be written.