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TEXTUAL MATTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The words of something written
Example:
he wants to reconstruct the original text
Synonyms:
text; textual matter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("textual matter" is a kind of...):
matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))
Meronyms (parts of "textual matter"):
book (a major division of a long written composition)
chapter (a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled)
foreword; preface; prolusion (a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book)
paragraph (one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line)
passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)
word order (the order of words in a text)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "textual matter"):
column (a page or text that is vertically divided)
cookie (a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site)
copy; written matter (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)
draft; draft copy (any of the various versions in the development of a written work)
electronic text (text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen)
installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)
letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)
line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)
lipogram (a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet)
language; lyric; words (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number)
stanza (a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem)
Holonyms ("textual matter" is a part of...):
publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
