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Definition of message
1 : a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals Please take this message for me to my friend.
2 : a messenger's mission the girl will go on a message to the shop — Cahir Healy
3 : an underlying theme or idea the message is that it is time to change — The Economist
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Examples of message in a Sentence
Did you get my message?
She has received messages of support from hundreds of people.
I left a message on her answering machine.
He's not here right now. Can I take a message?
I liked the story but I didn't really agree with the book's message.
He believed in the church's message of forgiveness.
Recent Examples of message from the Web
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The message was retweeted some 200,000 times, and also cross-posted to Trump’s official @POTUS account.
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Shortly after Whiteside’s recruiting video went out on Snapchat, Gobert, an All-Star center and the league leader in blocks this past season, sent his own emoji message out on Twitter.
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Chris Hartman, executive director of the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ rights group, said the travel ban has already accomplished its goal by sending a strong message to city business leaders and state lawmakers.
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The incident was hardly the first time Trump’s Twitter messages have jolted the capital, but the context was different this time.
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The world’s central banks are sending out a message that loose monetary policy can’t last forever.
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Manafort, meanwhile, had reportedly been blackmailed over his Russian ties, with his daughter receiving a text message threatening to release information about his financial arrangements to the F.B.I. and the media.
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After an Emmett Till historical marker was vandalized for a second time, teens wrote warm messages about the slain teen.
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The text messages and emails called into question whether evidence was withheld in Dooley's trial.
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Origin and Etymology of message
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere
message
Definition of message
messaged
;messaging
transitive verb
1 : to send as a message or by messenger
2 : to send a message to
intransitive verb
: to communicate by message
Recent Examples of message from the Web
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MoveOn.org has been emailing and direct messaging them, encouraging them to get involved in the Ossoff campaign.
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Tips can also be received online at www.nps.gov/isb, emailed to nps_isb@nps.gov or via social media by messaging @InvestigativeServicesNPS or @SpecialAgentNPS.
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Brandi emailed to inquire about accessibility, and was pleasantly surprised when the group lead, Ashley, messaged back immediately.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'message'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of message
see 1message
MESSAGE Defined for English Language Learners
message
playDefinition of message for English Language Learners
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: a piece of information that is sent or given to someone
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: an important idea that someone is trying to express in a book, movie, speech, etc.
MESSAGE Defined for Kids
message
playDefinition of message for Students
1 : the exchange of information in writing, in speech, or by signals
2 : an underlying theme or idea the book's message
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