text
verb/tekst/
/tekst/
(also less frequent text-message)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they text | /tekst/ /tekst/ |
| he / she / it texts | /teksts/ /teksts/ |
| past simple texted | /ˈtekstɪd/ /ˈtekstɪd/ |
| past participle texted | /ˈtekstɪd/ /ˈtekstɪd/ |
| -ing form texting | /ˈtekstɪŋ/ /ˈtekstɪŋ/ |
- to send somebody a written message using a mobile phone synonym SMS
- text (somebody) Text me when you're on your way.
- Kids seem to be texting non-stop these days.
- text somebody something I'll text you the final score.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French texte, from Latin textus ‘tissue, literary style’ (in medieval Latin, ‘Gospel’), from text- ‘woven’, from the verb texere.
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