Definition of message

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mes·sage    (msj) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another.
   2. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed: gestured to a waiter, who got the message and brought the bill.
2. A statement made or read before a gathering: a retiring coach's farewell message.
3. A basic thesis or lesson; a moral: a play with a message.

VERB:
tr.
mes·saged, mes·sag·ing, mes·sag·es

1. To send a message to.
2. To send as a message: messaged the report by cable.

VERB:
intr.

To send a message; communicate.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin missticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere, to send