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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishmessage, fromOld Frenchmessage, fromEarly Medieval Latinmissāticum, derived fromLatinmittere(“send”), ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*meyth₂-(“to exchange”). PartiallydisplacedOld Englishærende (whenceerrand).

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message (pluralmessages)

  1. Acommunication, or what iscommunicated; any concept or information conveyed.
    We've just received an urgentmessage from the President.
    He received amessage telling him to update his laptop.
  2. Anunderlyingtheme orconclusion to be drawn from something.
    The mainmessage of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
    • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8842, page55:
      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 realmessage: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
  3. (UK, Ireland, chiefly in theplural) Anerrand.
    • 1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page27:
      I had been on amessage 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. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England)Seemessages(“groceries, shopping”).

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communication, concept or information conveyed
underlying theme
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Verb

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message (third-person singular simple presentmessages,present participlemessaging,simple past and past participlemessaged)

  1. To send a message to; totransmit a message to,e.g. astext via a cell phone.
    Justmessage me for directions.
    Imessaged her about the concert.
  2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
    Shemessaged me the information yesterday.
    Pleasemessage the final report by fax.
  3. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
    We've implemented a newmessaging service.
    The runaway computer program wasmessaging non-stop.
  4. (obsolete) Tobear as a message.

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  • (send a text message to):text

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Translations

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to send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone—see alsotext,‎text message
to send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging
(intransitive) to send a message or messages

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchmessage, fromEarly Medieval Latinmissāticum, derived fromLatinmittere(“send”).

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message m (pluralmessages)

  1. message
    • 1928,André Breton,Nadja:
      Un journal du matin suffira toujours à me donner de mes nouvelles :X . . . ., 26 décembre. - L'opérateur chargé de la station de télégraphie sans fil située à l'Île du Sable, a capté un fragment demessage qui aurait été lancé dimanche soir à telle heure par le . . . . Lemessage disait notamment : « Il y a quelque chose qui ne va pas » mais il n'indiquait pas la position de l'avion à ce moment, et, par suite de très mauvaises conditions atmosphériques et des interférences qui se produisaient, l'opérateur n'a pu comprendre aucune autre phrase, ni entrer de nouveau en communication. Lemessage était transmis sur une longueur d'onde de 625 mètres ; d'autre part, étant donné la force de réception, l'opérateur a cru pouvoir localiser l'avion dans un rayon de 80 kilomètres autour de l'Île du Sable.
      A morning paper will always be adequate to give me my news :X . . ., December 26 -- The radio operator on the Ile du Sablehas received a fragment of amessage sent Sunday evening at such and such an hour by the . . . . Themessage said, in particular : "There is something which is not working" but failed to indicate the position of the plane at this moment, and due to extremely bad atmospheric conditions and static, the operator was unable to understand any further sentence, nor to make communication again. Themessage was transmitted on a wave length of 625 meters ; moreover given the strength of the reception, the operator states he can localize the plane within a radius of 50 miles around the Ile du Sable.

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromOld Frenchmessage.

Noun

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message (pluralmessages)

  1. message

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Norman

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message m (pluralmessages)

  1. alternative form ofm'sage

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromLate Latinmissāticum, derived fromLatinmittere(“send”).

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messageoblique singular, m (oblique pluralmessages,nominative singularmessages,nominative pluralmessage)

  1. message (form of communication)
  2. messenger

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Scots

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Etymology

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Old Frenchmessage, see above.

Noun

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message (pluralmessages)

  1. message
  2. (in theplural)purchases,shopping
    go themessages - do one's shopping
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