message

Syllables: mes·sageUK/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ//ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/

message noun: a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

Noun

message (plural messages)

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
- We've just received an urgent message from the President.
- He received a message telling him to update his laptop.
An errand.
- I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27
(Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, in plural) An errand to a shop, a shopping expedition; an item of shopping; (in plural) groceries.
- On week days he did messages between the house in Carysfort Avenue and those shops in the main street of the town with which the family dealt.1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC
- Hurry up, man. Look other people in the shop who want message.1952, Sam Selvon, A Brighter Sun
An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
- The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.
- But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023, page 55

Verb

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

To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.
- Just message me for directions.
- I messaged her about the concert.
Synonyms:

text
To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.
- She messaged me the information yesterday.
- Please message the final report by fax.
(intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.
- We've implemented a new messaging service.
- The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.
(obsolete) To bear as a message.

message meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

message in Hindi

communication, concept or information conveyed: संदेश sandeś, सन्देश sandeś, सूचना sūcnā, समाचार samācār, ख़बर xabar, पैग़ाम paiġām

message in Marathi

communication, concept or information conveyed: निरोप nirop, संदेश sandeś
underlying theme: तात्पर्य tātparya

message in Urdu

communication, concept or information conveyed: رِسالَہ risāla, پَیغام paiġām, پَیام payām, خَبَر xabar, اِبْلاغ iblāġ, مَیسیج maisej

More languagesFewer languages

message in Bengali: বার্তা barta
message in Telugu: ఉదంతము udantamu, సందేశము sandēśamu, కబురు kaburu, సమాచారము samācāramu
message in Malayalam: സന്ദേശം sandēśaṁ
message in Kannada: ಒಸಗೆ, ಸುದ್ದಿ, ವಾರ್ತೆ, ಸಂದೇಶ
message in Punjabi: ਸੁਨੇਹਾ sunehā, ਪੈਗ਼ਾਮ paiġām, ਸੰਦੇਸ਼ sandeś, ਸੰਦੇਸਾ sandesā
message in Gujarati: સંદેશ sandeś, સંદેશો sandeśo
message in Odia: ବାର୍ତ୍ତା
message in Sanskrit: चिष्ट
message in Sinhala: සන්දේශය sandēśaya
message in Assamese: বাতৰি batori
message in Nepali: सन्देश sandeś
message in Pashto: پيام payām, پيغام payǧām, رساله resāla
message in Tagalog: kalatas
message in Arabic: رِسَالَة risāla, خَبَر ḵabar, مَعْلُومَة maʕlūma
message in Malay: mesej, pesanan
message in Indonesian: pesan, amanat
message in Thai: ข้อความ kɔ̂ɔ-kwaam
message in Vietnamese: tin nhắn
message in Myanmar: အမှာ a.hma
Kashmiri: شیٚچھ śech, پٲغام pạ̄ġām, خَبَر khabar

Examples of message in a sentence

All messages on this platform are doubly encrypted to increase security.
I was bombarded with WhatsApp messages after appearing on the news.
The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor.

All 40 example sentences with message

Synonyms of message

text

Forms of message

Noun
plural	messages
alternative form	msg
Verb
third-person singular present	messages
present participle	messaging
past participle	messaged
past	messaged

Past tense of message: messaged

Plural of message: messages

Origin of message

From Middle English message, from Old French message, from Early Medieval Latin missāticum, derived from Latin mittere (“send”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to exchange”). Partially displaced Old English ærende (whence errand).

Words formed from message

Phrases with message

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Words that rhyme with message

Questions about message

What does message mean?: Message means a communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
What is message in Hindi?: Message in Hindi is संदेश (sandeś), सन्देश (sandeś), सूचना (sūcnā). See Message meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is message?: Message can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce message?: Message is pronounced /ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of message?: The plural of message is messages.

Words near message in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: message (page history and authors); message (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉదంతము (Telugu) (page history and authors); message (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); message (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); चिष्ट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); සන්දේශය (Sinhala) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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