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Need another word that means the same as “texts”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “texts” in this overview.

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Texts as a Noun
Definitions of "Texts" as a noun
Synonyms of "Texts" as a noun (5 Words)
Usage Examples of "Texts" as a noun
Associations of "Texts" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Texts” are: school text, schoolbook, text edition, textbook, textual matter

Texts as a Noun

Definitions of "Texts" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “texts” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon.
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.
A book prepared for use in schools or colleges.
The words of something written.

Synonyms of "Texts" as a noun (5 Words)

school text	A large group of fish.
schoolbook	A textbook used in a school.
text edition	The words of something written.
textbook	A book prepared for use in schools or colleges. His economics textbook* is in its tenth edition.*
textual matter	A problem.

Usage Examples of "Texts" as a noun

The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon.
He wants to reconstruct the original text.
There were more than a thousand words of text.
Pictures made the text easier to understand.
They handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech.
His economics textbook is in its tenth edition.
The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy.

Associations of "Texts" (30 Words)

alphabet	The basic elements in a system which combine to form complex entities. A phonetic alphabet.
annotate	Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel.
annotation	The action of annotating a text or diagram. Marginal annotations.
bibliography	The history or systematic description of books, their authorship, printing, publication, editions, etc. A bibliography* of his publications.*
decipher	Read with difficulty. Visual signals help us decipher* what is being communicated.*
descriptive	Of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language’s forms, structures and usage. Descriptive grammar.
dictation	Matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage. The dictation* of letters.*
document	Support or accompany with documentation. Can you document* your claims.*
dramaturgy	The theory and practice of dramatic composition. Studies of Shakespeare s dramaturgy.
hieroglyphic	Writing that resembles hieroglyphics usually by being illegible. Notebooks filled with illegible hieroglyphics.
indent	A space left by indenting text. We were indenting for paper clips one by one in those days.
indentation	A concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline. An indentation* for each change of speaker.*
inscription	Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something. The inscription* on her headstone.*
lexicographer	A compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language.
linguistic	Relating to language or linguistics. A child s linguistic* ability.*
notation	A note or annotation. Algebraic notation.
palimpsest	A manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing. Sutton Place is a palimpsest* of the taste of successive owners.*
paragraph	Write paragraphs work as a paragrapher. His style deploys a lack of conventional paragraphing.
quote	Put quote marks around. A quote* from Wordsworth.*
record	Make a record of set down in permanent form. The temperature was the lowest recorded since 1926.
stenographer	A person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand. A court stenographer.
subliminal	Below the threshold of conscious perception.
summarize	Give a brief statement of the main points of (something. These results can be summarized in the following table.
transcribe	Synthesize (RNA) using a template of existing DNA (or vice versa), so that the genetic information is copied. His largest early work was transcribed for organ.
transcript	A written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium. You can obtain a transcript* of this radio program by sending a self addressed envelope to the station.*
transcription	Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation. Our usual transcription* is given in brackets.*
transliterate	Rewrite in a different script. The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated.
verbatim	In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker. Your quotations must be verbatim.
write	Create code write a computer program. Thank you and goodbye I ll write* soon.*
writing	Handwriting. The doctor s writing* was illegible.*