message
pronunciation
How to pronounce message in British English:
UK [ˈmesɪdʒ]
How to pronounce message in American English:
US [ˈmesɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled
- what a communication that is about something is about
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- Verb:
- send a message to
- send as a message
- send a message
Word Origin
- message
- message: [13] Etymologically, a message is something that is ‘sent’. The word comes via Old French message from Vulgar Latin *missāticum, a derivative of the Latin verb mittere (from which English also gets admit, mission, transmit, etc). Messenger [13] comes from the Old French derivative messager, and was originally messager in English; the n is a 14thcentury intruder, found also in such words as harbinger and passenger.=> admit, commit, mess, mission, permit
- message (n.)
- c. 1300, "communication transmitted via a messenger," from Old French message "message, news, tidings, embassy" (11c.), from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus "a sending away, sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling," noun use of past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by ærende. Specific religious sense of "divinely inspired communication via a prophet" (1540s) led to transferred sense of "the broad meaning (of something)," first attested 1828. To get the message "understand" is from 1960.
- message (v.)
- "to send messages," 1580s, from message (n.). Related: Messaged; messaging.
Example
- 1. The message went straight to the top .
- 2. He wanted one apple , one strategy , one brand , one message .
- 3. Keep it short so that people don 't miss part of your message . "
- 4. Pick the right medium for your message .
- 5. What makes a message compelling ?