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text

text

463 1.0
A short written message sent by phone or app
  • noun
  • /tɛkst/
  • Texting
: mensaje de texto
  • I just got the weirdest text from my mom.
  • a text message
  • text chat
  • text messaging

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Examples

Synonyms

e-mail
vstext
  • Texting
∞ 1.0

A message sent over the internet to another person

is used more for messages sent via mobile phones and app services
mail
vstext
  • Texting
∞ 1.0

Messages sent or received over the internet

focuses more narrowly on messages sent especially by mobile apps or phones
email
vstext
  • Texting
748 1.0

A message sent over the internet to another person

typically applies instead to messages sent primarily through phone apps
com
vstext
  • Texting
29 8.0

A short message sent by computer or phone

is not restricted to brief messages and often implies longer content
e-mail message
vstext
  • Texting
24 1.0

A message sent by email over the internet

is used mainly for messages delivered via phone apps rather than internet systems
email message
vstext
  • Texting
12 1.0

A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet

is focused more on messages sent specifically by mobile apps or phones
msg
vstext
  • Texting
2 4.4

A short written note sent by phone or email

is the full written word rather than a shortened or symbolic form
txt
vstext
  • Texting
1 6.4

A short written message sent to a phone

is the full standard form rather than a shortened spelling

Idioms

to stick to one's text
6.9

To follow prepared words when speaking without adding new ideas

Compounds

sacred text
6 6.3

A book or writing that people respect and use in worship in a religion

religious text
5 3.7

A book or writing that people treat as holy in a religion

text file
  • Specialized
5 2.7

A computer file that has only plain text

written text
4 2.0

Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken

text editor
  • Specialized
4 2.9

A computer program for writing and changing plain text files

text box
  • Specialized
4 3.2

An area on a screen or in a document where you can type and show words

Hebrew text
2 7.0

Words written in Hebrew using its alphabet

school text
1 2.5

A book used in class to help students learn a subject

electronic text
  • Specialized
1 3.7

Text in a computer file that you can read on a screen

text-matching
  • Specialized
1 4.3

Searching for exact words or text that match a given pattern

ASCII text file
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A file that has only plain letters, numbers, and symbols with no special formatting

machine-readable text
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Text in a computer file that a program can read and use

machine-displayable text
  • Specialized
7.5

Words and letters a computer saves so you can view and search them

text tennis
  • Slang
7.4

A quick back-and-forth exchange of text messages between two people

text-matching
  • Specialized
4.4

Checking whether two pieces of text have the same or similar meaning

smutty text
  • Offensive
9.9

A short message with rude words about sex that some people find offensive

How Formal

letter
∞ 1.0
email
  • Texting
748 1.0
message
∞ 1.0
text
  • Texting
463 1.0
chat
  • Informal
399 1.0

Surface Forms

text singular
texts plural

Etymology

Text for an electronic message is short for text message and comes from the older meaning 'written words'. So a phone 'text' is just a short piece of written language sent by phone.