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textwritten or printed words, especially the main body of a book or other piece of writing

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: written or printed words, especially the main body of a book or other piece of writing

Pronunciation (IPA): /tekst/

Korean meaning: 글, 텍스트, 문서의 본문

Korean pronunciation: 텍스트 (강세: 텍스트)

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother still doesn't know how to text, so she calls me 50 times a day instead.
  • The text in this contract is so small, I think they're trying to hide something.
  • Please highlight the important parts in the text before the exam.

text

NOUN

//tekst//

written or printed words, especially the main body of a book or other piece of writing

text concept
💡 Concept

A student reads the text from open books at the library

text rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The best text leads to what's next!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/tekst/
🇬🇧 UK/tekst/

🌳Etymology

Roottext

Origin

라틴어 'textus'에서 유래했으며, '짜여진 것, 직조된 것'이라는 의미였습니다. 마치 실을 짜서 천을 만들듯이, 단어들을 짜서 글을 만든다는 개념에서 나온 단어입니다.

🎵Rhyme

nextbesttestrest
next
best
test
rest

🔗Collocations

text message
read the text
text book
original text
text someone
main text
text size

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother still doesn't know how to text, so she calls me 50 times a day instead.

😄 Fun example

The text in this contract is so small, I think they're trying to hide something.

Please highlight the important parts in the text before the exam.

😄 Fun example

I accidentally sent a love text to my boss instead of my girlfriend.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

writingmessagedocumentpassagecontent

Antonyms

imagepictureaudio

Related

textbookcontextpretextsubtexttexture

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