American English pronunciation
How to pronounce text
IPA transcription: ['tɛkst]
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Noun
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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”
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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”
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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”
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the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
“pictures made the text easier to understand”
Usage examples
- There were just drawings, coded instructions, and obscure texts.
- The designation has different meanings in Hinduism, Buddhism and secular contexts.
- Currently, the biggest enterprises produce food, machinery, and textiles.
- In Sardinia, Italy, bread is a part of a wide social context.
- Neusner composed numerous textbooks and general trade books on Judaism.
- This text aims to include a diverse set of vocabulary.
- The non-secret parameters are called "salt" in this context.
- Oil refining, woodworking, metalworking, and the production of silk textiles are the main industries.
- Cultural organisations in Liverpool provide context for the presentation of contemporary art and culture.
- Text to speech systems sounds less robotic than they used to.