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private messages

private messages is the plural of private message.

private messages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of private message.

Meaning of private message

Noun

private message (plural private messages)

  1. (Internet) A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.
    • By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”2007 January 19, Seth Schiesel, “O Brave New World That Has Such Gamers in It”, in The New York Times

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Questions about private messages

What is private messages the plural of?
Private messages is the plural of private message.

Words near private messages in the dictionary

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  8. private military contractor
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