1. (

• text ,
• textual_matter

) the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" ;

2. (

• text ,

) a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" ;

3. (

• textbook ,
• text ,
• text_edition ,
• schoolbook ,
• school_text

) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" ;

4. (

• text ,

) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand" ;