Message (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, telephone, email, or other means.
  2. an official communication, as from a chief executive to a legislative body: the president's message to Congress.
  3. a post or reply on an online message board.
  4. the inspired utterance of a prophet or sage.
  5. the point, moral, or meaning of a gesture, utterance, novel, motion picture, etc.
  6. a warning, permission, etc., communicated by the system or software to the user: an error message;a message to allow blocked content.
verb (used without object)
  1. to send a message, especially an electronic message.
verb (used with object)
  1. to send (a person) a message.
  2. to send as a message.
Idioms
  1. to understand or comprehend, especially to infer the correct meaning from circumstances, hints, etc.: If we don't invite him to the party, maybe he'll get the message.
noun
  1. a communication, usually brief, from one person or group to another
  2. an implicit meaning or moral, as in a work of art
  3. a formal communiqué
  4. an inspired communication of a prophet or religious leader
  5. a mission; errand
  6. shopping
  7. to understand what is meant
verb
  1. to send as a message, esp to signal (a plan, etc)
Message (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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