'Message' definitions:
Definition of 'message'
(from WordNet)
noun
A communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message"
noun
What a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance]
verb
Send a message to; "She messaged the committee"
verb
Send as a message; "She messaged the final report by fax"
verb
Send a message; "There is no messaging service at this company"
Definition of 'Message'
From: GCIDE
- Message \Mes"sage\, v. t. To bear as a message. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Message'
From: GCIDE
- Message \Mes"sage\, n. [OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message.] A messenger. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Message'
From: GCIDE
- Message \Mes"sage\ (?; 48), n. [F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger.]
- 1. Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. [1913 Webster]
- Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. --Judg. iii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message. [1913 Webster]
- Message shell. See Shell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'message'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptation,
- account,
- acknowledgment,
- acquaintance,
- address,
- advice,
- ALGOL,
- alphabetic data,
- alphanumeric code,
- angular data,
- announcement,
- answer,
- assembler,
- bearer,
- billet,
- binary digit,
- binary scale,
- binary system,
- bit,
- blue book,
- briefing,
- bug,
- bulletin,
- business letter,
- byte,
- carrier,
- chit,
- COBOL,
- command pulses,
- commands,
- commerce,
- communication,
- communion,
- communique,
- compiler,
- computer code,
- computer language,
- computer program,
- congress,
- connection,
- contact,
- control signals,
- controlled quantity,
- conversation,
- converse,
- correcting signals,
- correspondence,
- courier,
- data,
- datum,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- declaration,
- directive,
- directory,
- dispatch,
- dispatcher,
- embassy,
- emissary,
- enlightenment,
- envoy,
- epistle,
- error,
- error signals,
- ESP,
- essence,
- evidence,
- exchange,
- express,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- favor,
- feedback pulses,
- feedback signals,
- film data,
- FORTRAN,
- gen,
- general information,
- go-between,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard information,
- herald,
- hexadecimal system,
- idea,
- implication,
- import,
- incidental information,
- info,
- information,
- input data,
- input quantity,
- instruction,
- instructions,
- intelligence,
- intendment,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercommunion,
- intercourse,
- intermediary,
- internuncio,
- interplay,
- knowledge,
- letter,
- light,
- line,
- linguistic intercourse,
- machine language,
- meaning,
- mediator,
- memo,
- memorandum,
- mention,
- messenger,
- missive,
- multiple messages,
- news,
- noise,
- note,
- notice,
- notification,
- numeric data,
- octal system,
- oscillograph data,
- output data,
- output quantity,
- play,
- pneumatogram,
- point,
- polar data,
- post,
- presentation,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- publication,
- publicity,
- punch-card data,
- purport,
- random data,
- rectangular data,
- reference quantity,
- release,
- reply,
- report,
- rescript,
- response,
- ruly English,
- sense,
- sidelight,
- signals,
- significance,
- significancy,
- signification,
- single messages,
- social intercourse,
- speaking,
- speech,
- speech circuit,
- speech situation,
- statement,
- talking,
- telegram,
- telepathy,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- tidings,
- touch,
- traffic,
- transmission,
- truck,
- two-way communication,
- understanding,
- unorganized data,
- visible-speech data,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word