messages

mes-sag-es · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Written or verbal communications sent from one person or group to another.

  2. 2.

    The main ideas or themes communicated in a speech, film, book, etc.

  3. 3.

    (British, informal) Errands, especially shopping.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    mixed messages — contradictory signals or communications
  • •
    get the message — to understand what someone is implying
  • •
    text messages — written communications sent via mobile phone

Related words

See also: communication, message, messenger, text
Synonyms: communications, correspondences, dispatches, notes, texts

Etymology

Plural of message, from Old French message ("message, embassy"), from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere ("to send").