a piece of information sent in electronic form, for example by email or mobile phone. an email/a text/an SMS message. Message verb · Text message · Instant message

1message (from somebody) (to somebody) a written or spoken piece of information, etc. · 2a piece of information sent in electronic form, for example by e-mail or ...

to send a text message, or a message through an instant messaging service, etc. to somebody see also DM, text-message Topics Phones, email and the internet

to send a message to someone using a computer or other electronic device. message somebody Faith just messaged me. message somebody something Brian messaged me ...

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb message. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

the activity of sending a message to somebody by text or social media; see also instant messaging, picture messaging, text-messaging.

​a written message that you send using a mobile phone. Send a text message to this number to vote. I got an anonymous text message.

a text, its content, or its meaning—referents which literalists tend to conflate (see also transmission models) ...

noun (also text) a written message that you send using a cell phone Send a text message to this number to vote.

/daɪˌrekt ˈmesɪdʒ/ (abbreviation DM) ​a private message that you send on social media that will only be seen by the person you send it to. Definitions on the ...