Meaning of message | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
2. speech
3. To send a message; communicate.
4. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
5. Deviating from a planned set of remarks or positions: The aides worried that the candidate would make a gaffe if he went off message.
6. An errand.
   Ireland, UK, in-plural
7. Following a planned set of remarks or positions.
8. See messages (“groceries, shopping”).
   Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland
9. a person who carries letters, information etc from place to place. The king's messenger brought news of the army's defeat. boodskapper رَسول، حامِل رِسالَه пратеник mensageiro posel der Bote budbringer αγγελιοφόροςmensajero käskjalg پستچی lähetti messager/-ère שליח संदेशवाहक glasnik, vjesnik hírnök utusan sendiboði, boðberi messaggero 使者 메신저, 전령 pasiuntinys ziņnesis; kurjers penghantar bodebud, kurerposłaniec ليك ليږدونكى mensageiro mesager курьер posol sel glasnik bud, budbärare คนส่งข่าว ha...
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10. mensaje, recado.
11. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another: I found the message you left at my desk. She sent me a quick message by email.
12. A statement made or read before a gathering: a retiring coach's farewell message.
13. A basic thesis or lesson; a moral: a play with a message.
14. To send a message to.
15. To send as a message: messaged the report by cable.

Equivalents

Examples

“We've just received an urgent message from the President.”

“He received a message telling him to update his laptop.”

“I have a message from God unto thee.”

“No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.”

“The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.”

“Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.”

“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.”

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