text's

Belonging to words

Text's is the possessive form of text, indicating something belonging to or associated with a text.

It appears in phrases like the text's meaning, the text's author, or the text's formatting.

Less commonly, text's contracts "text is" or "text has" in casual writing: The text's finally here.

written

content

What something contains

passageSegment of text
documentWritten or electronic file
manuscriptOriginal text before publication

body · prose · copy · draft · wording · script · composition · narrative · material · excerpt

textual

analysis

Methodical study of parts

interpretationAssigned meaning
meaningWhat something signifies
contextCircumstances shaping meaning

source · original · reading · translation · annotation · commentary · exegesis · hermeneutics · subtext · authorial

digital

file

Stored collection of data

formatArrangement and presentation style
encodingConverting data to format
plaintextUnencoded readable information

string · character · font · display · cursor · editor · input · output · ASCII · rendering

message

SMS

Mobile text protocol

notificationFormal notice given
alertWarning or watchfulness
inboxMessage receiving folder

reply · send · receive · thread · conversation · chat · iMessage · WhatsApp · bubble · emoji

Opposites

communication mode

Belonging to verbal address

voice's · talk's · conversation's

semiotic type

Of a depiction

picture's · photograph's · video's · icon's · drawing's

Phrases

text messageBrief electronic communication
drunk textedSent messages while impaired
text messagingPhone-based written communication
science textbooksEducational volumes on empirical subjects
group textMulti-recipient mobile conversation
textbook exampleIdeal illustrative instance

Family

text, textbook, texts, texting, textbooks, texted, textual, textually, texter

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G