message
noun
[ ˈmɛsɪdʒ ]
• a verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly.
• "if I'm not there leave a message on the answerphone"
Similar:
communication,
piece of information,
news,
word,
note,
memorandum,
memo,
email,
posting,
tweet,
letter,
line,
missive,
report,
bulletin,
communiqué,
dispatch,
intelligence,
notification,
announcement,
• a significant political, social, or moral point that is being conveyed by a film, speech, etc.
• "a campaign to get the message about home security across"
Similar:
meaning,
sense,
import,
idea,
point,
thrust,
gist,
essence,
spirit,
content,
subject (matter),
substance,
implication,
tenor,
drift,
purport,
intimation,
theme,
moral,
lesson,
precept,
• an errand.
• "he would run those interminable messages after school to the bookie"
message
verb
• send a message to (someone), especially by email.
• "I was messaged by a Californian contact for some information"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin missus, past participle of mittere ‘send’.
