messaging

mes·sage  (msj)

n.

1.

a. A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another.

b. The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed: gestured to a waiter, who got the message and brought the bill.

2. A statement made or read before a gathering: a retiring coach's farewell message.

3. A basic thesis or lesson; a moral: a play with a message.

v.tr. mes·saged, mes·sag·ing, mes·sag·es

1. To send a message to.

2. To send as a message: messaged the report by cable.

v.intr.

To send a message; communicate.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin missticum, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere, to send.]

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messaging

Noun

the sending of a message by any form of electronic communication: text messaging

Thesaurus

Noun

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messaging - the sending and processing of e-mail by computer electronic messaging electronic communication - communication by computer