Noun A good critic will refer back to the text often. You can find the full text of his speech on his website. the text of the Constitution The book is mostly photographs—it has very little text. At this point the website is only text. Graphics will be added later. Students will read and discuss various literary texts. Verb I texted her a little while ago. I texted a message to her. She just texted me back. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Here's how to scan documents and text to your Apple devices Looking to clean up the clutter? Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022 Algorithms learn to render new images to match a text prompt in a process that involves adding and removing random noise to an image. Will Knight, WIRED, 21 Sep. 2022 Throughout this election season, the staff will send breaking news updates, insider anecdotes from the campaign trail and first-look information directly to your phone through the text-messaging service Subtext. Rick Rouan, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2022 Baidu, the Chinese Internet giant, built a highly-capable text-to-image generation A.I. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2022 Yet her apartment building had not reported a single case, according to a friend who shared their text conversation with Caixin.Time, 20 Sep. 2022 Anyone with information in either case is urged to call the San Francisco Police Department tip line at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD. Melissa Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 According to the report, at least 22 channels published thousands of videos made by converting news articles to audio with text-to-speech tools. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2022 This will allow people to send an anonymous tip as a text to a specific phone number. Lynn Kutter, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022
Verb
Those who wish to remain anonymous may use the Metro Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-7LOCK-UP or anonymously text a tip on the MCS of Maryland website. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2022 Specifically, this feature will let users text and call over satellite networks in remote areas where cellular and Wi-Fi connectivities are absent. Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Aug. 2022 The best way to find this operation is to go to his Instagram or text his phone number (all necessary information included below) and remember to bring cash. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2022 The virtual version was introduced in the summer of 2016 to incoming freshmen, who could text questions to Pounce 24/7 and in just seconds get answers about financial aid, registration, housing, admissions and academic advising. Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 Herman said people could text 898211 or download the 211info mobile app on their smart phone.oregonlive, 23 July 2022 Give consumers a number to text a keyword to or incorporate a QR code into one of your ad campaigns. Matt Ramerman, Forbes, 12 July 2022 Registration can be made online at https://birdease.com/tait2022 For more information about the outing, contact Chad Gibson at chad@bunkerhillgc.com or text him at 216-469-9241. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 6 Aug. 2022 Sporadically throughout the offseason, Kody Epps would text Jaren Hall asking to meet in BYU’s film room. Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French tiste, texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin, texture, context, from texere to weave — more at technical
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)