# Text: noun, verb

### Cambridge Dictionary

> As **noun**
>
> *"the written words in a* [*book*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/book)*,* [*magazine*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/magazine)*, etc., not the* [*pictures*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/picture)*"*

> As **verb**
>
> ***"**to* [*send*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/send) *someone a text* [*message*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/message) *by* [*phone*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/phone)***"***
>
> ***"**to* [*send*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/send) *a text* [*message*](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/message)*"*

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### Merriam-Webster

> As **verb**
>
> *"to send a text message from one cell phone to another"*
>
> *"to communicate by text messaging"*

> As **noun**
>
> *"the original words and form of a written or printed work"*
>
> *"a work containing such text"*
>
> *"something (such as a story or movie) considered as an object to be examined, explicated, or deconstructed"*

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