text

noun
/tɛkst/

Etymology

From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.

  1. derived from textus
  2. derived from textus
  3. derived from texte
  4. inherited from text

Definitions

  1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

  2. A book, tome or other set of writings.

  3. Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.

    • In the morning, you're vexed / He's on to the next / And you didn't even get no text
  4. + 7 more definitions
    1. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.

    2. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in…

      A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

    3. Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.

    4. A style of writing in large characters

      A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

      • German text
    5. To send a text message to

      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.
      • I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
    6. To send and receive text messages.

      • Have you been texting all afternoon?
    7. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

      • I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at text. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01text02brief03quickly04soon05express06local07computer

A definitional loop anchored at text. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at text

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA