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Text and Chat Definitions

Text

The original words of something written or printed, as opposed to a paraphrase, translation, revision, or condensation.

Chat

To converse in an easy, familiar manner; talk lightly and casually.

Text

The words of a speech appearing in print.

Chat

(Computers) To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.

Text

Words, as of a libretto, that are set to music in a composition.

Chat

An informal, light conversation.
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Text

Words treated as data by a computer.

Chat

(Computers) A synchronous exchange of remarks over a computer network.

Text

A text message.

Chat

Any of various birds in the families Muscicapidae or Parulidae that have a chattering call, especially the yellow-breasted chat.

Text

The body of a printed work as distinct from headings and illustrative matter on a page or from front and back matter in a book.

Chat

To be engaged in informal conversation.
She chatted with her friend in the cafe.
I like to chat over a coffee with a friend.
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Text

One of the editions or forms of a written work
After examining all three manuscripts, he published a new text of the poem.

Chat

To talk more than a few words.
I met my old friend in the street, so we chatted for a while.

Text

Something, such as a literary work or other cultural product, regarded as an object of critical analysis.

Chat

(transitive) To talk of; to discuss.
They chatted politics for a while.

Text

A passage from the Scriptures or another authoritative source chosen for the subject of a discourse or cited for support in argument.

Chat

To exchange text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, as if having a face-to-face conversation.
Do you want to chat online later?
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Text

A passage from a written work used as the starting point of a discussion.

Chat

Informal conversation.
It'd be cool to meet up again soon and have a quick chat.

Text

A subject; a topic.

Chat

A conversation to stop an argument or settle a situation.

Text

A textbook.

Chat

An exchange of text or voice messages in real time through a computer network, resembling a face-to-face conversation.

Text

To send a text message to
She texted me when she arrived at the airport.

Chat

(internet) A chat room.

Text

To communicate by text message
He texted that he would be late.

Chat

The entirety of users in a chat room or a single member thereof.
The Chat just made a joke about my poor skillz.

Text

To key or send text messages
She was texting in class and missed what was said.

Chat

Any of various small Old World passerine birds in the muscicapid tribe Saxicolini or subfamily Saxicolinae that feed on insects.

Text

A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

Chat

Any of several small Australian honeyeaters in the genus Epthianura.

Text

A book, tome or other set of writings.

Chat

A small potato, such as is given to swine.

Text

(colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.

Chat

Mining waste from lead and zinc mines.

Text

(computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
Plain text

Chat

A louse small, parasitic insect.

Text

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.

Chat

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.
To chat a while on their adventures.

Text

(by extension) Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.

Chat

To talk of.

Text

(printing) A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text

Chat

Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.

Text

(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.

Chat

A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidæ, as the stonechat, and whinchat.

Text

(intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?

Chat

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

Text

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

Chat

Small stones with ore.

Text

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, or commentary.

Chat

An informal conversation

Text

The four Gospels, by way of distinction or eminence.

Chat

Birds having a chattering call

Text

A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
How oft, when Paul has served us with a text,Has Epictetus, Plato, Tully, preached!

Chat

Songbirds having a chattering call

Text

Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, or the like; topic; theme.

Chat

Talk socially without exchanging too much information;
The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze

Text

A style of writing in large characters; text-hand also, a kind of type used in printing; as, German text.

Text

That part of a document (printed or electronic) comprising the words, especially the main body of expository words, in contrast to the illustrations, pictures, charts, tables, or other formatted material which contain graphic elements as a major component.

Text

Any communication composed of words.

Text

A textbook.

Text

To write in large characters, as in text hand.

Text

The words of something written;
There were more than a thousand words of text
They handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech
He wants to reconstruct the original text

Text

A passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon;
The preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon

Text

A book prepared for use in schools or colleges;
His economics textbook is in its tenth edition
The professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy

Text

The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.);
Pictures made the text easier to understand

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