From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe text of somethingthe text of somethingWORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEthe exact words of a speech, article etc Only ‘The Times’ printed the full text of the president’s speech. → text
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the text of something• A completely specific statement of document content would have to be the text of the document itself.• What authority could, for example, the text of the creation story possibly have post-Darwin?• But in the text of the novel Miller is described as living above all these premises and an automatic laundry.• Statutory provisions and quotations may be inset or may be incorporated in the text of the judgment.• Printed here is the full text of the senator's resignation speech.• After his speech came a reading of the text of the proposed law.• But it doesn't actually wipe out the text of that file.• There are also plans to publish the text of the lecture.• Often these are more important than the text of the statutes. 