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message

[ mes-ij ]

noun

  1. a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
  2. an official communication, as from a chief executive to a legislative body:

    the president's message to Congress.

  3. Digital Technology. a post or reply on an online message board.
  4. the inspired utterance of a prophet or sage.
  5. the point, moral, or meaning of a gesture, utterance, novel, motion picture, etc.
  6. Computers. a warning, permission, etc., communicated by the system or software to the user:

    an error message;

    a message to allow blocked content.



verb (used without object)

  1. to send a message, especially an electronic message.

verb (used with object)

  1. to send (a person) a message.
  2. to send as a message.

message

/ ˈ³¾É›²õɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. a communication, usually brief, from one person or group to another
  2. an implicit meaning or moral, as in a work of art
  3. a formal communiqué
  4. an inspired communication of a prophet or religious leader
  5. a mission; errand
  6. plural shopping

    going for the messages

  7. get the message informal.
    to understand what is meant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to send as a message, esp to signal (a plan, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of message1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin ³¾¾±²õ²õÄå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü³¾ (unrecorded), equivalent to Latin miss(us) “sent†(past participle of mittere “to sendâ€) + -Äå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü³¾ -age
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of message1

C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin ³¾¾±²õ²õÄå³Ù¾±³¦³Ü³¾ (unattested) something sent, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere to send
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. get the message, Informal. to understand or comprehend, especially to infer the correct meaning from circumstances, hints, etc.:

    If we don't invite him to the party, maybe he'll get the message.

More idioms and phrases containing message

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Example Sentences

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Olivia's message read: "If you find my bottle please ring my granddad John."

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With vastly different cricketing backgrounds and languages, she found ways to articulate her message to each player, showing patience and a desire to get to know them all.

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They described their earlier times together as days of leaving post-it notes for each other rather than phone calls or modern-day text messages, and joked that time spent apart had helped them stay together.

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It added: "Some of these messages explicitly mentioned payment for submitting to beatings."

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On Monday, two individuals arrived at Lillian Street Elementary School’s main office and identified themselves as “representatives of a federal agency,†according to a message school officials sent to parents and others.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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