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n. 1 wording, words, content, (subject-)matter; printed matter, (main) body (text), contents The editor had no right to make changes in the text without consulting the author The text is in 10-point roman type, the footnotes in 8-point. 2 extract, abstract, section, quotation, part, paragraph, passage, verse, line What text from the Scripture are we discussing next week? 3 subject(-matter), topic, theme, motif, issue, focus For today's talk I have chosen for my text the problem of alcoholism 4 textbook, school-book, reader, manual, primer, workbook, exercise book, Archaic hornbook Today's science texts are much more advanced than those of twenty years ago