message

Từ điển Collocation

message noun

1 from one person to another

ADJ. important, urgent, vital | brief, short | coded, cryptic, scrambled | secret | garbled | email, radio, text | heartfelt The family sent a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who helped.

VERB + MESSAGE convey, give sb, pass on, relay He's not here?I'll pass on the message. | take She's out?can I take a message? | carry, deliver, take sb | send, transmit | leave (sb) I left a message for her at reception. | get, receive I never got your message.

MESSAGE + VERB come | say sth, tell sb sth

PREP. ~ about There was a message about the meeting. | ~ for Are there any messages for me? | ~ from a urgent message from your mother | ~ of They sent messages of hope to prisoners of war. | ~ to The message was to your sister, not you.

2 main idea of a book, speech, etc.

ADJ. important | fundamental, main | clear, simple, unambiguous, unmistakeable | ambiguous, conflicting, mixed | powerful, strong | positive, upbeat | stark, uncomfortable | hidden, implicit, subliminal stories with hidden moral messages | anti-drugs, anti-war, etc. a party with an anti-immigrant message | ideological, moral, political, social

VERB + MESSAGE spread spreading the message of the Bible | drive home, get/put across We need to get this important message across to teenage smokers. | reinforce

MESSAGE + VERB emerge A clear message is emerging from these government statements.

PREP. ~ of The president toured the country spreading the message of national unity.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

    he sent a three-word message

  • what a communication that is about something is about; content, subject matter, substance

    v.

  • send a message to

    She messaged the committee

  • send as a message

    She messaged the final report by fax

  • send a message

    There is no messaging service at this company

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1. In communications, a unit of information transmitted electronically from one device to another. A message can contain one or more blocks of text as well as beginning and ending characters, control characters, a software-generated header (destination address, type of message, and other such information), and error-checking or synchronizing information. A message can be routed directly from sender to receiver through a physical link, or it can be passed, either whole or in parts, through a switching system that routes it from one intermediate station to another. See also asynchronous transmission, block (definition 4), control character (definition 1), frame (definition 1), frame (definition 2), header (definition 2), message switching, network, packet (definition 1), packet switching, synchronous transmission. 2. In software, a piece of information passed from the application or operating system to the user to suggest an action, indicate a condition, or inform that an event has occurred. 3.In message-based operating environments, such as Windows, a unit of information passed among running programs, certain devices in the system, and the operating environment itself.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

messages
syn.: communication dispatch epistle letter note word