message

verb

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

Examples of message in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The revelation that Graham Platner had an account on the platform Kik has thrust the largely anonymous messaging app into the national spotlight. —Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 4 June 2026

Ahead of their game at Adelaide United, scheduled for January 8 2024, Davila and J Col continued to message each other. —Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 June 2026

The announcement marks another step in Meta’s broader effort to expand generative AI across its consumer and business ecosystem as messaging platforms increasingly evolve into commerce hubs. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026

Around June of that year, Dawn Federico messaged the motel’s owner. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing message

• error message
• get the message
• message board
• off message
• on message
• short message service
• text message

Rhymes for message

• presage
• expressage

Kids Definition

message

noun

mes·​sage

ˈmes-ij

1

: a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals

2

: a messenger's errand or function

3

: an underlying theme or idea

Etymology

Middle English message "job or function of a messenger," from early French message (same meaning), from Latin missaticum "something given to a messenger to deliver," from earlier missus (past participle of mittere "to send, throw") and -aticum "action, result" — related to emit, mission, promise, submissive