Receive a Text - Meaning, Usage & Examples

Meaning 1：receive a text (Receive a Text)

Receive a Text 🔊

/riːˈsiːv ə tɛkst/

v. phr.

To get a written message on your phone or other device from someone else.

receive a text 🔊

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/riːˈsiːv ə tɛkst/

v. phr.

To get a short written message sent to your mobile phone or other device via SMS or messaging app.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'recipere' (take back) + 'textus' (woven).

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a phone screen lighting up with 'New Text' and you tapping to receive it.

📖 Example

I received a text from my mom while I was in the meeting. 🔊 I received a text from my mom while I was in the meeting.

🔗 Collocations

receive a text message – to get a short written message on a phone

get a text – to receive a text message

text someone back – to reply to someone via text message

🔄 Synonyms

get a message (v. phr.) – to receive a written communication

receive an SMS (v. phr.) – to receive a short message service text

🚫 Antonyms

send a text (v. phr.) – to transmit a written message

ignore a message (v. phr.) – to not respond to a received message

🌱 Derivatives

text (n./v.) – a short written message / to send a text

texting (n.) – the act of sending text messages

texter (n.) – a person who sends texts

📖 Cultural Story

The phrase 'receive a text' became common with the advent of SMS in the 1990s. 'Text' originally meant woven fabric, later applied to message composition.