TEXT

[noun] [U] - written or printed materialThe book has 100 pages of closely printed text.We need to break up the text with some drawings.The references have been taken out of the main text (= the main part) of the book and listed at the end of each chapter.Can we see the text (= the exact words) of his speech before Tuesday?Text can be used to mean a book or various different forms of a book, etc..Several early texts are being auctioned next week.'Ulysses' was a set text for (= a book which must be studied by students taking) the Cambridge exam this year.A text can also be a sentence or reference from the Bible which a priest reads aloud in church and talks about."My text today is 'Love one another' John 13:34-35," said the vicar.