inter-message
ɪdʒ noun
Idioms 1.
a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, radio, telephone, or other means.
2.
an official communication, as from a chief executive to a legislative body: the President's message to Congress.
3.
the inspired utterance of a prophet or sage.
4.
Computers. one or more words taken as a unit.
5.
the point, moral, or meaning of a gesture, utterance, novel, motion picture, etc.
6.
get the message, Informal. to understand or comprehend, especially to infer the correct meaning from circumstances, hints, etc.: If we don't invite him to the party, maybe he'll get the message.
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Inter-message
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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message (ˈmɛsɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a communication, usually brief, from one person or group to another |
| 2. | an implicit meaning or moral, as in a work of art |
| 3. | a formal communiqué |
| 4. | an inspired communication of a prophet or religious leader |
| 5. | a mission; errand |
| 6. | (Scot) (plural) shopping: going for the messages |
| 7. | informal get the message to understand what is meant |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to send as a message, esp to signal (a plan, etc) |
| [C13: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin missāticum (unattested) something sent, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere to send] | |
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Word Origin & History
message
c.1300, "communication transmitted via a messenger," from O.Fr. message, from M.L. missaticum, from L. missus, pp. of mittere "to send." The L. word is glossed in O.E. 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. As a verb, "to send messages," attested from 1580s. To get the message "understand" is from 1964.
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