# messages

Pronunciation: say "MES-ij-iz" /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of message. — plural of message
   - Simple: Plural of message. Use this form when you mean more than one message.
   - _He scrolled through dozens of messages after returning from vacation._
   - _The radio station read out birthday messages from listeners all morning._
3. Shopping, groceries, or errands; the items bought on a trip to the store. *(dialectal, Ireland, Northern England, Scotland)*
   - Simple: The food and other things you buy when you go shopping.
   - _She went into town to get the messages for the week._
   - _He carried the messages home in two heavy bags._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of message. — third-person singular simple present indicative of message
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of message. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _Whenever the schedule shifts, the coach messages the whole team at once._
   - _She messages her landlord every time the heating breaks down._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/messages (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).