Text
[tekst] or [tɛkst]
Definition
(noun.) the words of something written; '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'.
(noun.) the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.); 'pictures made the text easier to understand'.
(noun.) 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'.
Typed by Andy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.
(n.) The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.
(n.) A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
(n.) Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.
(n.) A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.
(v. t.) To write in large characters, as in text hand.
Typed by Alphonse
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Body (of a literary work, as distinguished from comments), true copy.[2]. Verse (of scripture), passage, sentence, clause, paragraph.[3]. Topic, subject, theme, thesis.
Typist: Ruth
Definition
n. the original words of an author: that on which a comment is written: a passage of Scripture on which a sermon is supposed to be based.—ns. Text′-book a book containing the leading principles of a science; Text′-hand a large hand in writing—so called because it was the practice to write the text of a book in large-hand; Text′-man Tex′tūalist one ready in citing Scripture texts: one who adheres to the text.—adj. Tex′tūal pertaining to or contained in the text: serving for a text.—adv. Tex′tually.—ns. Tex′tuary a textualist; Tex′tus the authoritative text esp. of the Bible.—Textus receptus the received text of the Greek Testament.
Typist: Nelly
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hearing a minister reading his text, denotes that quarrels will lead to separation with some friend. To dream that you are in a dispute about a text, foretells unfortunate adventures for you. If you try to recall a text, you will meet with unexpected difficulties. If you are repeating and pondering over one, you will have great obstacles to overcome if you gain your desires.
Typed by Elbert
Examples
- I found two letters on my dressing-table; the first I took up was in my young nephew's well-known round text. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have taken a book written by one eminent professor and evidently approved by others, for they use it as a text-book. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The face, jaws, and teeth are mere guess work (_see_ text). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Upton sums it all up very precisely in his remarks upon this period: What has now been made clear by accurate nomenclature was then very foggy in the text-books. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Upon this text many fanatics arose, who prophesied that the end of time was come. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This, however, is thought to be a mere strain upon the text; for the words are these: 'that all true believers break their eggs at the convenient end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Nothing is more admirable than the hesitation with which he proposes the solemn text, 'Until kings are philosophers,' etc. Plato. The Republic.
- Why, no, sir,' replied Wegg, consulting the text, 'it appears to have been done by accident. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The work cannot claim the authority of a text-book, the fullness of a history, nor the exactness of a technical treatise. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The explanation given in the text supposes the two harmonies to make up the number 8000. Plato. The Republic.
- For what saith the text, 'Vinum laetificat cor hominis'; and again, 'Rex delectabitur pulchritudine tua'. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I have in my hands a text-book of six hundred pages which is used in the largest universities as a groundwork of political economy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Wherefore we pray you heartily to beware, and to be found watching, even as the Holy Text hath it, 'Invenientur vigilantes'. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I read death on his face as plain as I can read that text over the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let our buxom chaplain stand forth, and expound to this reverend father the texts which concern this matter. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pupils begin their study of science with texts in which the subject is organized into topics according to the order of the specialist. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We have little time to hear texts from the holy fathers. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The texts were there still, and so was his own facility in expounding them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- What business had a simple glass-worker to study those texts out of Italy? Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Miss Nash has put down all the texts he has ever preached from since he came to Highbury. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Zeke