message

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

Noun

  1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
    • 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. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 3:20:
  2. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
    • 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...
  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. - 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by...
  4. See messages (“groceries, shopping”).

Origin

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).

Forms

messages msg

Hyponyms

heartbeat message in-flight message instant message text message

Derived

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

Verb

  1. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
    • Just message me for directions.
    • I messaged her about the concert.
  2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
    • She messaged me the information yesterday.
    • Please message the final report by fax.
  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.
  4. To bear as a message.

Forms

messages messaging messaged msg

Synonyms

text

Related

instant message instant messaging messenger mission

Derived

remessage