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text messaging

text messaging noun: the sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature. Also the present participle and gerund of text message.

Noun

text messaging (uncountable)

  1. The sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature.

Also used as

text messaging is also the present participle and gerund of text message.

Words formed from text messaging

Questions about text messaging

What does text messaging mean?
Text messaging means the sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature.
What part of speech is text messaging?
Text messaging is a noun.

Words near text messaging in the dictionary

  1. text link
  2. text links
  3. text message
  4. text messaged
  5. text messages
  6. text messaging
  7. text neck
  8. text painting
  9. text paintings
  10. text retrieval
  11. text retrievals

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