Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.

    Just text me when you get here.

    I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.

    simsen

    смснутьsmsnut'

    to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service

  2. (intransitive)To send and receive text messages.

    Have you been texting all afternoon?

  3. (dated)To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Examples

1506 sentences

  1. Tom received a text message from Mary.

    Том отримав від Мері текстове повідомлення. — deniko

    ruТом получил от Мэри текстовое сообщение. — odexed

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  2. I just received a text message from Tom.

    Я щойно отримав смс від Тома. — deniko

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  3. I just received a text from Tom.

    Я щойно отримав текстове повідомлення від Тома. — deniko

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  4. I'll text you when I get home.

    Я тобі скину смску, коли буду вдома. — deniko

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  5. I got your texts.

    Я отримав твої смс. — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to send a text message to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to send a text message to:

Origin

From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin te

From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.

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Forms

texts, texting, texted, texted
Base formtext · to text
3rd person singulartexts
Present participletexting
Past simpletexted / text
Past participletexted / text

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytext
he, she, ittexts

Past simpleLesson

all personstexted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave texted
he, she, ithas texted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill text

Synonyms

2 synonyms
messageA1SMS

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddouble text

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

11 patterns
  • text message
  • a text message
  • text each other
  • text message from
  • got a text
  • a text from
  • sent a text
  • received a text
  • text each
  • text while
  • kept texting

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tetchyC2tethertetristextbookA2textile

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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