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instant-message

instant-message is the alternative form of instant message.

Meaning of instant message

Verb

instant message (third-person singular simple present instant messages, present participle instant messaging, simple past and past participle instant messaged)

  1. To convey a message via an instant messaging program.

See all 2 meanings of instant message

Forms of instant-message

third-person singular presentinstant-messages
present participleinstant-messaging
past participleinstant-messaged
pastinstant-messaged

Questions about instant-message

What is instant-message the alternative form of?
Instant-message is the alternative form of instant message.

Words near instant-message in the dictionary

  1. instant replay system
  2. instant replay systems
  3. instant replays
  4. instant sunrise
  5. instant sunshine
  6. instant-message
  7. instant-messaged
  8. instant-messages
  9. instant-messaging
  10. instant-runoff voting
  11. instantaneities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instant-message (page history and authors); instant message (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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