textual matter
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈtɛkstʃuəl ˈmætər/
- The book's textual matter was carefully edited to improve clarity and accuracy.
Examples
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Publishers often review the textual matter separately from the diagrams before final approval.
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Can you summarize the textual matter from that article?
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Aside from the illustrations, the report's textual matter contains valuable information for researchers.
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The textual matter in this book is quite engaging.
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Aside from the illustrations, the report's textual matter contains valuable information for researchers.
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The book's textual matter was carefully edited to improve clarity and accuracy.
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Publishers often review the textual matter separately from the diagrams before final approval.
Synonyms
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3.3
The information inside something like a book or website
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1.0
The main words written in a book or document without notes and pictures
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4.6
Written material in books, magazines, or other printed items
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2.0
Words put on paper or saved in a file, not spoken
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3.6
Text to be printed or published without pictures
How Textual
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'textual matter' is directly compositional: 'textual' (pertaining to written material) modifies 'matter' (content), yielding the clear meaning 'written content.' A B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer this meaning since it follows standard adjective+noun composition and is not idiomatic.
Etymology
Textual matter may come from a simple idea: textual means 'made of words' and matter means 'the stuff' of a book or article. So textual matter came to mean the written 'stuff', the words and content, not the pictures.