text
/tɛkst/ verb A2- 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.
- To send and receive text messages. · Have you been texting all afternoon?
- To write in large characters, as in text hand.
He/she/it texts · Past texted · Past participle texted · -ing form texting
Verb forms
- Base form
- text
- He/she/it
- texts
- Past
- texted
- Past participle
- texted
- -ing form
- texting
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