message
nounEtymology
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).
- derived from missāticum
- derived from message
- inherited from message
Definitions
A communication, or what is communicated
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.
An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
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.
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See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
To send a message to
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.
To send (something) as a message
To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
- She messaged me the information yesterday.
- Please message the final report by fax.
To send a message or messages
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.
To bear as a message.
The neighborhood
- neighborheartbeat message
- neighborin-flight message
- neighborinstant message
- neighbortext message
- neighborinstant messaging
- neighbormessenger
- neighbormission
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, message-oriented, message-oriented middleware, message queue, messagery, message stick, message unit, metamessage, mismessage, mixed message, mood message, multimessage, off-message, off message, on message, on-message, personal message · +12 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at message. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at message. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at message
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA