texts

1. the words of something writtenExamples: "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"Synonyms: text, textual matter

2. a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermonExamples: "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon"Synonyms: text

3. a book prepared for use in schools or collegesExamples: "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy"Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition, textbookAntonyms: trade edition

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