text matter

  • 11text — 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 …

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  • 12text — /tɛkst / (say tekst) noun 1. the main body of matter in a book or manuscript, as distinguished from notes, appendixes, etc. 2. the original words of an author as distinct from a translation, paraphrase, commentary, or the like. 3. the actual… …

  • 13matter — Synonyms and related words: activities, activity, ado, affair, affairs, air, ambition, amount, amount to something, amplitude, annoyance, anxiety, argument, article, aspect, aspiration, atom, atomic particles, atoms, autograph, bag, basis, be… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 14matter — 1. noun 1) decaying vegetable matter Syn: material, substance, stuff 2) the heart of the matter Syn: affair, business, proceeding, situation, circumstance, event, happening, occurrence …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 15matter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. substance, material; subject, topic, business; affair; cause, ground; predicament, difficulty. v. i. signify, import; count. See importance, thought. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Substance] Syn. body,… …

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  • 16text — textless, adj. /tekst/, n. 1. the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc. 2. the original words of an author or speaker, as opposed to a translation,… …

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  • 17Text types — Textual types refer to the following four basic aspects of writing:The descriptive text typeBased on perception in space. Impressionistic descriptions of landscapes or persons are often to be found in narratives such as novels or short stories.… …

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  • 18text — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. composition; matter; textbook; topic, subject, theme. See writing, publication, teaching. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A textbook] Syn. course book, class book, prescribed reading, required reading, manual …

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  • 19text — [[t]tɛkst[/t]] n. 1) the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, illustrations, etc 2) the actual, original words of an author or speaker, as opposed to a translation, paraphrase, or the like 3)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 20matter — n 1. substance, material, stuff, materiality, medium, something, body; protoplasm, plasma, element; flesh, meat, marrow, sum and substance. 2. pus, suppuration, purulence, discharge; ooze, juice, sap, latex, milk; mucus, phlegm, grume, gore; All… …

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