message
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).
Inflected forms:
form: messages
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: msg
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: messages
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: messaging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: messaged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: messaged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: msg
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
pos: noun
examples: We've just received an urgent message from the President.
He received a message telling him to update his laptop.
I have a message from God unto thee.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
gloss: An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
pos: noun
examples: The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
gloss: An errand.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
in-plural
examples: I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.
gloss: See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
Northern-England
Scotland
gloss: To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
pos: verb
examples: Just message me for directions.
I messaged her about the concert.
gloss: To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
pos: verb
examples: She messaged me the information yesterday.
Please message the final report by fax.
gloss: To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We've implemented a new messaging service.
The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.
gloss: To bear as a message.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
Related words: instant message
instant messaging
messenger
mission
Derived words: address message
antimessage
Arecibo message
away message
carry the message to Garcia
countermessage
cybermessage
deliver the message to Garcia
direct message
e-message
error message
foremessage
fox message
I approve this message
intermessage
message board
message broker
message control
message coupling
message-driven architecture
message fiction
message in a bottle
messageless
messagelike
message-oriented
message-oriented middleware
message pump
message queue
messagery
message stick
message unit
metamessage
mismessage
mixed message
mood message
multimessage
off message
off-message
on-message
on message
personal message
picture message
poison message
private message
send a message
short message service
SMS
subliminal message
submessage
success message
telemessage
voice message
remessage
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