Meanings
nounrunning text (countable and uncountable, plural running texts)
plural running texts
- countableuncountableThe main body of a document; text in the form of sentences and paragraphs, as distinct from headings, captions, footnotes, and other added content.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 正文
- 正文 (zhèngwén)body of text
Dutch lopende tekst, broodtekst
- lopende tekstbody of text
- broodtekstbody of text
Finnish leipäteksti
- leipätekstibody of text
French texte courant
- texte courantbody of text
German Fließtext, Lauftext
- Fließtextbody of text
- Lauftextbody of text
- fortlaufender Textbody of text
Hungarian kenyérszöveg
- kenyérszövegbody of text
Norwegian brødtekst
- brødtekstbody of text
Polish tekst bieżący
- tekst bieżącybody of text
Portuguese texto corrido
- texto corridobody of text
Spanish texto corrido
- texto corridobody of text
Swedish löpande text, löptext
- löpande textbody of text
- löptextbody of text
- brödtextbody of text
Cite this entry
APA
running text. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20text
MLA
“running text.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20text. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “running text,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20text.
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