(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of a book is the main part of it, rather than the introduction, pictures, or notes.
The ~ is precise and informative.
N-SING: the N
2.
Text is any written material.
A CD-ROM can store more than 250,000 pages of typed ~.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
The ~ of a speech, broadcast, or recording is the written version of it.
A spokesman said a ~ of Dr Runcie’s speech had been circulated to all of the bishops.
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n
4.
A ~ is a book or other piece of writing, especially one connected with science or learning.
Her ~ is believed to be the oldest surviving manuscript by a female physician.
N-COUNT
5.
A ~ is a written or spoken passage, especially one that is used in a school or university for discussion or in an examination.
His early plays are set ~s in universities.
N-COUNT
6.
A ~ is the same as a ~ message .
I borrowed my wife’s mobile phone last week and a ~ arrived from another man.
N-COUNT
7.
If you ~ someone, you send them a ~ message on a mobile phone.
Mary ~ed me when she got home.
VERB: V n