message

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US /ˈmɛs.ɪd͡ʒ/ UK /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

1

noun
A short piece of information sent from one person to another, spoken or written.

She left me a message asking me to call her back.
2

verb
To send a written message to someone, especially using a phone or computer.

Just message me when you arrive.
3

noun
The main idea or lesson that something is trying to teach.

The film's message is that kindness matters.

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2 verb · to send a written message... text

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Forms messagedmessagesmessaging

Derived forms antimessagecountermessagecybermessagee-messageforemessageintermessagemessage-orientedmessagelessmessagelikemessagerymetamessagemismessage

Related forms messenger mission

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leave a message
record or write a message for someone who is unavailable

Verb + noun
read a message
look at and take in the content of a written message

Verb + noun
send a message
transmit a message to someone

Verb + noun
short message
a brief written or spoken communication

Adjective + noun
receive a message
get a message sent by someone else

Verb + noun
clear message
a message that is unambiguous and easy to understand

Adjective + noun

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The medium is the message

Simplified etymology

Message entered Middle English from a formation ultimately based on missus, the past participle of Latin mittere ‘to send’. The same Latin root also underlies messenger, missile, and demise.

Etymology

From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).

*mey- (change) Proto-Indo-European message Middle English missāticum la-eme mitto Latin *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European

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# message

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈmɛs.ɪd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 801

## Meanings
1. A short piece of information sent from one person to another, spoken or written.
2. To send a written message to someone, especially using a phone or computer.
3. The main idea or lesson that something is trying to teach.

## Examples
- She left me a message asking me to call her back.
- Just message me when you arrive.
- The film's message is that kindness matters.

## Derived Forms
- antimessage
- countermessage
- cybermessage
- e-message
- foremessage
- intermessage
- message-oriented
- messageless
- messagelike
- messagery
- metamessage
- mismessage

## Related Forms
- messenger
- mission

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *mey- (change)
- Root: message
- Root: missāticum
- Root: mitto
- Root: *meyth₂-

## Etymology
From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).

## AI Etymology
Message comes from Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand). In present-day English its meanings include a short piece of information sent from one person to another, spoken or written, to send a written message to someone, especially using a phone or computer, and the main idea or lesson that something is trying to teach. The historical chain runs through *mey- (change) (Proto-Indo-European), message (Middle English), message (Old French), missāticum (Early Medieval Latin), and mitto (Latin).

## Topics
- Communication

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