the words of something written; there were more than a thousand words of text; they handed out the printed text of the mayors speech; he wants to reconstruct the original text

[ Syn: textual matter ]

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'

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

[ Syn: textbook , text edition , schoolbook , school text ]

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