/ˈmesɪdʒ/
Translation
Words you send to someone when you cannot speak to them face to face.
Word origin
From Old French message, from Latin missus, meaning something sent.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- message
Grammar
Examples
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"Message" means words you send to someone.
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"Messages" is the plural, meaning more than one message.
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Here "message" is the words you say for someone to read or hear later.
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Grammar articles
(6)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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