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Meaning of SMS | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/

Definitions

  1. Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. A text message sent using the short message service.
    countable
  3. Initialism of Sega Master System.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. SMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
    initialism, uncountable
  5. Initialism of special mint set.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. A ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)
    initialism, uncountable
  7. Initialism of salesman sample.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. Initialism of short man syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. Initialism of stiff man syndrome.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  11. Initialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  12. Initialism of senior minister of state.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.””
“As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.”
“The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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