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Grammar : Noun
Spell : mes-ij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛs ɪdʒ



Definition of messages

Origin :
  • c.1300, "communication transmitted via a messenger," from Old French message "message, news, tidings, embassy" (11c.), from Medieval Latin missaticum, from Latin missus "a sending away, sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling," noun use of past participle of mittere "to send" (see mission). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by ærende. Specific religious sense of "divinely inspired communication via a prophet" (1540s) led to transferred sense of "the broad meaning (of something)," first attested 1828. To get the message "understand" is from 1960.
  • noun communication, often written
  • noun meaning, idea
Example sentences :
  • Many were the messages of regard and condolence that came from other lands.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Messages of sympathy reached me from all who had still affection for me.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • These messages were the signal for a fresh outburst of enthusiasm.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • Have you any messages you would like given to your friends over there?'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • My messages were soon sent, and then I sat down to wait for the replies.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • The mate would have taken any messages that were given to him.'
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • It was the only way to make Hannah take the air, to send her, as she put it, "to do the messages."
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • There is a clamour for evidence, signs, messages, testimony.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • But some of the girls behind the door managed to send us messages.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • But these messages tended otherwise than might have been expected.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

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