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text - the words of something writtentext - the words of something writt en; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printe d text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" textual matter column - a page or text that is vertically divided; "the newspaper devoted sever al columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into co lumns" matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" cookie - a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site word order - the order of words in a text written matter, copy - matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials draft copy, draft - any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" electronic text - text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen instalment, installment - a part of a published serial book - a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" chapter - a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" foreword, preface, prolusion - a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book paragraph - one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length publication - a copy of a printed work offered for distribution letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mail ed an indignant letter to the editor" line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer scree n; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every st anza" lipogram - a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet lyric, words, language - the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "h is compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music" ; "the song uses colloquial language" stanza - a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem 2. text - 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" passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to c arry the Word to the heathen" 3. text - a book prepared for use in schools or collegestext - a book prepa red for use in schools or colleges; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edit ion"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages b ound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" crammer - a textbook designed for cramming introduction - a basic or elementary instructional text primer - an introductory textbook reader - one of a series of texts for students learning to read 4. text - the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations o r footnotes etc.); "pictures made the text easier to understand"