Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.
A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
A book, tome or other set of writings.
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.
To send and receive text messages.
A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.