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to message

to message

26 2.3
To send someone a short note by email, text, or chat
  • verb
  • /ˈmɛsɪdʒ/
  • Texting
translation icon : enviar un mensaje
  • If you are an Edocr user, you can also message the author.

Anyways, it is look, he messages like just a little wave.

Examples

  • I will message you the details of the event later today.

  • Caroline just messaged me and said she was running a little bit late.

    Host (2020)

  • It's easier to message me online.

    Obsession: Stalked by My Lover (2020)

  • Can you message emergency services?

    Fall (2022)

  • If I can find it, I will message you with it.

    Blog text (20)

  • I think you can just join both, but message me if not, and I will invite you.

    Blog text (2)

  • After you do that, message me, DM me.

  • And if you have any questions, just message me on MySpace.

    Blog text (5)

  • Yesterday, my DIL messaged me on Facebook to wish me a happy birthday.

    Blog text (5)

  • You messaged me?

    Homekilling Queen (2019)

Synonyms

to send
vsto message
∞ 1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

is limited to electronic communications rather than any physical delivery
to write
vsto message
926 1.0

Send a letter or message to someone

focuses on electronic forms rather than traditional letters or paper notes
to telegraph
vsto message
  • Archaic
5 6.4

To send a message over long wires using electric signals

refers to using current internet and instant networks rather than electrical cables
to telegram
vsto message
  • Archaic
1 5.1

To send a message by telegraph

uses modern electronic systems instead of old cable and electrical networks
to txt
vsto message
  • Texting
6.2

To send a short written message to someone's phone

sends electronic communications generally, not only brief mobile notes
to inbox
vsto message
  • Texting
4.2

Send someone a private message on a website or app

is general electronic contact not focused on private platform delivery

Idioms

on message
  • Literature
8 6.9

Speaking or acting so your words match the official view

to deliver the message to Garcia
  • US
9.7

To start and finish a task without needing instructions or help

Phrasal Verbs

to send a message
  • Informal
81 3.4

To make people understand an idea or feeling without saying it directly

to approve this message
  • Formal
3 4.9

To say in public that you agree with the words of a message

Compounds

mixed message
  • Informal
20 4.9

A statement that gives unclear or opposite signals, causing confusion

phone message
19 1.0

A short voice recording someone leaves on a phone when the person cannot answer

e-mail message
  • Texting
6 1.0

A message sent by email over the internet

email message
  • Texting
5 1.0

A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet

telephone message
3 1.1

A spoken message left on a phone when the person cannot answer

commercial message
3 3.4

An advertisement on radio or television paid for by a sponsor

message in a bottle
  • Literature
3 5.9

A note put in a bottle and thrown into the sea to be found later

message pad
1 2.0

A small stack of paper for writing short notes to leave for others

How Immediate

to text
  • Texting
296 2.6
to message
  • Texting
26 2.3

Surface Forms

message infinitive
messaged past
messaged past participle
messaging present participle
messages third person singular

Etymology

Message comes from the Latin word mittere meaning 'to send', and you can see the same root in familiar words like mission and transmit, so to message someone today simply means to 'send' them a short note, often by phone or the internet.