1.  message(n = noun.communication) - a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message"
is a kind of communication
has particulars: broadcast, cipher, cypher, heliogram, mail, phone message, telephone message, radiogram, dedication, inscription, telegram, wire, packet

2.  message(n = noun.communication) content, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about;
is a kind of communication
has particulars: body, corker, reminder, petition, postulation, request, memorial, latent content, subject, theme, topic, aside, digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis, import, meaning, significance, signification, bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, drivel, garbage, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, refusal, info, information, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance, commitment, dedication, approval, commendation, disapproval, respects, discourtesy, disrespect, insertion, interpolation, statement, statement, humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness, opinion, view, direction, instruction, proposal, offer, offering, entry, submission, narration, narrative, story, tale, packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity, sensationalism, shocker

1.  message(v = verb.communication) - send a message to; "She messaged the committee"
is one way to communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  message(v = verb.communication) - send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax"
is one way to communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  message(v = verb.communication) - send a message; "There is no messaging service at this company"
is one way to communicate
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. [1913 Webster]
"Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee." [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message. [1913 Webster]

   To bear as a message. [1913 Webster]

   A messenger. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

message, n. & v.
--n.
1 an oral or written communication sent by one person to another.
2 an inspired or significant communication from a prophet, writer, or preacher.
3 a mission or errand.
4 (in pl.) Sc. & N.Engl. things bought; shopping.
--v.tr.
1 send as a message.
2 transmit (a plan etc.) by signalling etc.

Idiom:
get the message colloq. understand what is meant. message stick Austral. a stick carved with significant marks, carried as identification by Aboriginal messengers.

Etymology:
ME f. OF ult. f. L mittere miss- send

N  advice, counsel, adhortation, word to the wise, suggestion, submonition, recommendation, advocacy, advisement, exhortation, expostulation, admonition, guidance, instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation, Governor's message, President's message, King's message, Queen's speech, message, speech from the throne, adviser, prompter, counsel, counselor, monitor, mentor, Nestor, magnus Apollo, senator, teacher, guide, manual, chart, physician, doctor, leech, archiater, arbiter, reference, referment, consultation, conference, pourparler, recommendatory, hortative, dehortatory, admonitory, Int, go to!, give every man thine ear but few thy voice, I pray thee cease thy counsel, my guide, philosopher, and friend, 'twas good advice and meant, my son be good, verbum sat sapienti, a word to the wise is sufficient, vive memor leti, we, ask advice but we mean approbation.

N  command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.

N  news, information, piece of news, budget of news, budget of information, intelligence, tidings, word, advice, aviso, message, dispatch, despatch, telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy, report, rumor, hearsay, on dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame, talk, oui dire, scandal, eavesdropping, town tattle, table talk, tittle tattle, canard, topic of the day, idea afloat, bulletin, fresh news, stirring news, glad tidings, flash, news just in, on-the-spot coverage, live coverage, old story, old news, stale news, stale story, chestnut, narrator, newsmonger, scandalmonger, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, journalism, media, news media, the press, the information industry, newspaper, magazine, tract, journal, gazette, publication, radio, television, ticker (electronic information transmission), United Press International, UPI, Associated Press, AP, The Dow Jones News Service, DJ, The New York Times News Service, NYT, Reuters, TASS, The Nikkei, newscaster, newsman, newswoman, reporter, journalist, correspondent, foreign correspondent, special correspondent, war correspondent, news team, news department, anchorman, anchorwoman, sportscaster, weatherman, press secretary, public relations department, public relations man, many-tongued, rumored, publicly rumored, currently rumored, currently reported, rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one's mouth, all over the town, in progress, live, on the spot, in person, as the story goes, as the story runs, as they say, it is said, by telegraph, by wireless, airy tongues that syllable men's names, what's up?, what's the latest?, what's new?, what's the latest poop?.

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