message
//ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ//
Forms
- Plural
- messages
- present (v1)
- message
- past (v2)
- messaged
- past participle (v3)
- messaged
- present participle
- messaging
- 3rd person singular
- messages
Definitions
1.A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- He received a message telling him to update his laptop.
- We've just received an urgent message from the President.
- 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.
2.An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
3.An errand.
- 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.
4.See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
1.To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
- I messaged her about the concert.
- Just message me for directions.
2.To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
- Please message the final report by fax.
- She messaged me the information yesterday.
3.To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
- We've implemented a new messaging service.
- The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #748
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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).