text
n. C / Un. the written words in a book, magazine, or on a screen. It can also mean a short message you send to someone's phone.
n. the main body of written or printed matter, as distinct from illustrations or notes. In modern contexts, it frequently refers to a digital message sent via a mobile network.
Please read the text on page twenty.
The history teacher asked the students to highlight the most important dates in the text.
While the illustrations provide visual context, the primary evidence for the historian's argument is found within the original Latin text of the treaty.
From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.
Uncountable when referring to written material in general; countable when referring to a specific digital message or a textbook.