to text

Examples

• All

• I just texted you the confirmation number for a room at the Hyatt.

  Bagman (2024)

• I'll text you the details for the cast dinner tomorrow.

  Broken City (2013)

• Someone with cell service can text you at your in reach number.

• If there was anyone I could text, it would be him.

  Fall (2022)

• Next time, just text me.

  Dirty Dishes (2022)

• All library users text their questions to the same number.

  Academic text (2014)

• Make it a habit to text a friend just out of the blue.

  Evan Carmichael

• But I also want to read what he texted me last week.

  Late Night with Seth Meyers

• But next time, why don't you just text me like a normal person?

  Thunderbolts* (2025)

• So she texted me.

  Take the Night (2022)

Synonyms

M

to message

vsto text

• Texting

26 2.3

To send someone a short note by email, text, or chat

limits this to SMS style services on mobile devices rather than all electronic means

T

to txt

vsto text

• Texting

6.2

To send a short written message to someone's phone

does not focus on brevity but identifies a specific messaging system

Idioms

S

to stick to one's text

6.9

To follow prepared words when speaking without adding new ideas

Compounds

R

religious text

5 3.7

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

S

sacred text

5 6.3

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

T

text file

• Specialized

4 2.7

A computer file that has only plain text

T

text editor

• Specialized

4 2.9

A computer program for writing and changing plain text files

T

text box

• Specialized

3 3.2

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

W

written text

2 2.0

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

H

Hebrew text

1 7.0

Words written in Hebrew using its alphabet

E

electronic text

• Specialized

1 3.7

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

S

school text

1 2.5

A book used in class to help students learn a subject

A

ASCII text file

• Specialized

3.5

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

M

machine-readable text

• Specialized

4.2

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

M

machine-displayable text

• Specialized

7.5

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

T

text tennis

• Slang

7.4

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

T

text-matching

• Specialized

4.3

Searching for exact words or text that match a given pattern

T

text-matching

• Specialized

4.4

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

S

smutty text

• Offensive

9.9

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

How Fast

to text

• Texting

296 2.6

to chat

• Informal

269 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology