message
Pluralmessages
Verbmessages, messaging, messaged
Pluralmessages
Formsmessages, messaging, messaged
- 1Information that one person sends to another, like a note, a text, or spoken words.
She left a message on the kitchen table before she left.
Did you get my message about the party on Saturday?
UsageSay leave a message or send a message.
Similarcommunication, note, dispatch
Note
- 2The main idea or lesson that a story, movie, or speech tries to show.
Like the lesson a story teaches without saying it directly.
The story's message is to be kind to people who are different from you.
The song has a simple message about never giving up.
UsageSay a message about something.
- 3To send someone a message, usually by text or a chat app.
They message every day after school.
I'll message you when I get home.
UsageYou can say we messaged, or message me (with no to).
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Less common meanings
- 4A short trip to take something to someone or to get something.
Mum sent me on a message to buy bread.
He did a quick message for his gran before tea.
UsageSay go on a message for someone.
Similarerrand
Note
- 5The food and small things a person buys when out shopping.
She went to get the messages for her grandmother.
We put the messages away in the kitchen after the walk home.
UsageSay get the messages for the food shopping.
Similargroceries, shopping, provisions
Note
- 6To carry news or words to someone as a message.
Note
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Origin
This word came through Old French from Latin, from the verb mittere meaning "to send."
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- The English word message came through Old French from Latin. en.wiktionary.org
- Its ultimate Latin source is the verb mittere, meaning to send. en.wiktionary.org