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GRE 考研

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noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tiste, texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin, texture, context, from texere to weave — more at technical
Date: 14th century
1.
- a.
  - (1) the original words and form of a written or printed work
  - (2) an edited or emended copy of an original work
- b. a work containing such text
2.
- a. the main body of printed or written matter on a page
- b. the principal part of a book exclusive of front and back matter
- c. the printed score of a musical composition
3.
- a.
  - (1) a verse or passage of Scripture chosen especially for the subject of a sermon or for authoritative support (as for a doctrine)
  - (2) a passage from an authoritative source providing an introduction or basis (as for a speech)
- b. a source of information or authority
4. theme, topic
5.
- a. the words of something (as a poem) set to music
- b. matter chiefly in the form of words that is treated as data for processing by computerized equipment <a text-editing typewriter>
6. a type suitable for printing running text
7. textbook
8.
- a. something (as a story or movie) considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed
- b. something likened to a text <the surfaces of daily life are texts to be explicated — Michiko Kakutani>
9. frame of reference 2 <updated to fit the women's lib text for consciousness raising — Judith Crist>