message
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/
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mensaje
- The artist's painting conveys a powerful message about climate change.
- convey the message
- get the message
- a clear message
If you leave here with just one message, let it be this.
- If you leave here with just one message, let it be this.
- So your story and your message can impact the world.
- And so that's really kind of the main message of this course.
- But what's the message to parents of young girls?
- And if you realize it's the same message again, that's the right path.
- And if you realise it's the same message again, that's the right path.
- All of his points on message entertaining great.
- So it's a traveling message and we need it.
- So who's going to sell Trump's message of I don't see dead people?
Examples
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I wish to deliver a message of unification and hope.
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Today's message deals with the Seventh Commandment.
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If you leave here with just one message, let it be this.
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But if you leave here with just one message, we hope it's this.
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So your story and your message can impact the world.
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I am just happy to spread the message, right?
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Why send a message when you have just given a speech?
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What is left out of this message that might be important to know?
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And it does seem to me that the message here is crystal clear.
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Women in Canada argued that the media was crucial in getting their message out to the public.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.3
The information inside something like a book or website
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2.8
Main idea in a piece of writing, art, or talk
289
3.4
The main idea expressed in a speech or piece of writing
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4.3
The main idea of something said or written
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3.8
The meaning or message something has
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3.7
The main ideas and tone people use to communicate with an audience, for example in ads or campaigns
Idioms
To start and finish a task without needing instructions or help
Compounds
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1.0
A short voice recording someone leaves on a phone when the person cannot answer
- Texting
5
1.0
A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet
- Literature
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5.9
A note put in a bottle and thrown into the sea to be found later
How Clear
Surface Forms
Etymology
Message comes from the idea of a 'thing sent' from the Latin mittere 'to send', so when we talk about the message of a book or film we mean the main idea the creator is 'sending' to the audience.