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e-message

e-message noun: a message sent by computer.

Noun

e-message (plural e-messages)

  1. A message sent by computer.
    • In this chapter, I have used data taken from my own e-messages, supplemented by examples taken from messages sent to a younger generation, kindly supplied by my 23-year-old son and 26-year-old daughter. The desirability of a corpus of e-mail data is stressed by Johansson, and also Yates.2001, David Crystal, Language and the Internet, page 94
    • Online activities include getting and sending e-messages and photos, using Facebook, sharing artwork or music, building Web sites, or Internet gaming.2012, Judy Monroe Peterson, How to Beat Cyberbullying, page 7

Forms of e-message

plurale-messages

Origin of e-message

From e- + message.

Questions about e-message

What does e-message mean?
E-message means a message sent by computer.
What part of speech is e-message?
E-message is a noun.
What is the plural of e-message?
The plural of e-message is e-messages.

Words near e-message in the dictionary

  1. e-mentor
  2. e-mentored
  3. e-mentoring
  4. e-mentors
  5. e-mentorship
  6. e-message
  7. e-messages
  8. e-met
  9. E-meter
  10. E-meters
  11. e-minister

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