message
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
message/ˈmesɪʤ/
▶noun
- 1 a verbal, written, recorded, or electronic communication.
- 2 a significant point or theme of a film, speech, etc.
■ a divinely inspired communication.
- 3 Scottish & Irish an errand.
■ (messages) things bought; shopping.
– phrases
get the message informal understand what is meant.
get the message informal understand what is meant.
– origin ME: from OFr., based on L. missus, past part. of mittere ‘send’.
'message' also found in these Oxford entries:
all-points bulletin
- answering machine
- breaker
- cablegram
- call sign
- Chinese whispers
- cipher
- come
- communication
- compliment
- cross-post
- decode
- decrypt
- embassage
- entropy
- errand
- garble
- give
- -gram
- heliogram
- heliograph
- incoming
- memorandum
- message board
- message stick
- messenger
- metamessage
- note
- off-message
- on-message
- oracle
- over
- packet switching
- pager
- personal advertisement
- ping
- post
- postcard
- poster
- posting
- preach
- radio
- relay
- repost
- roger
- send
- sig
- sign
- smoke signal
