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Definition: Message |
MessageNoun1. A communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled; "he sent a three-word message". 2. What a communication that is about something is about. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "message" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Message In object-oriented programming sending a message to an object (to invoke a method) is equivalent to calling a procedure in traditional programming languages, except that the actual code executed may only be selected at run time depending on the class of the object. Thus, in response to the message "drawSelf", the method code invoked would be different if the target object were a circle or a square. (1995-02-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | 1. An ordered selection from an agreed set of Symbols, intended to communicate information. 2. The original modulating wave in a communication system.The term in sense 1 is used in communication theory; the term in sense 2 is often used in engineering practice. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of receiving a message, denotes that changes will take place in your affairs. To dream of sending a message, denotes that you will be placed in unpleasant situations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Math | The structured component in the mechanism for communicating information between an IMS client and archive databases. Different types of messages, corresponding to the functional subsystem of the IMS, are exchanged through the client/server architecture. Message types include, for example, inventory search and inventory result. (references) |
Military | Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain, coded, or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication. (references) |
Post & Telecom | A group of characters and control bit sequences transferred as an entity, from a data source to a data sink, whose arrangement of characters is determined by the data source. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term message has the following meanings:
(Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
- Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
- An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.
- Record information expressed in plain or encrypted language and prepared in a format specified for intended transmission by a telecommunications system.
See also instant messaging
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Message."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MESSAGE | English | Model for Energy Supply Systems and their General Environmental Impact | Environment |
MESSAGE | Italian | Modello per i sistemi di fornitura di energia e loro generale impatto sull'ambiente | Environment |
| MEL | English | Message length | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MessageSynonyms: content (n), subject matter (n), substance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Advice | Instruction, charge, injunction, obtestation; Governor's message, President's message; King's message, Queen's speech; message, speech from the throne. |
Command | Despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture. |
News | Word, advice, aviso, message; dispatch, despatch; telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No, I read it in the message. (Say Anything; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.) You can't possibly think that a civilization sending this kind of message would intend it just for Americans (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) I was beginning to wonder if you'd got my message. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) Hi leave a message after the beep (Runaway Bride; writing credit: Josann McGibbon; Sara Parriott) Maybe we should trash the place, send them a little message. (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin) | |
Lyrics | I've just got to get a message to you, hold on, hold on. (I've Got to Get a Message to You; performing artist: The Bee Gees) Message in a bottle, yeah (Message In A Bottle; performing artist: The Police) Met a man with a message from the other side (Heat Of The Night; performing artist: Bryan Adams) I don't deserve you unless it's some kind of hidden message (Butterfly; performing artist: Crazy Town) I believe in the message of a dream (Because You Love Me; performing artist: Jo Dee Messina) | |
Clever | We don't change the message, the message changes us. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Flash message! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Propaganda Message (1974) Message to My Daughter (1973) This Is a Recorded Message (1973) Message for Posterity (1967) Get the Message (1964) | |
Song Titles | I've Gotta Get a Message to You (performing artist: The Bee Gees) Message In A Bottle (performing artist: The Police) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Figure 50. Example of message included in floats invented by Prince Albert I of Monaco. Left: glass tube encasing the message. Right: Message as written in ten languages. The message requested information regarding the circumstances of of discovery of the float. This type of float was used between 1885 and 1887, but floats with this particular message were used in 1886. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 53. A bottom float for studying currents in closed basins of small extent used by the Copenhagen Hydrographic Laboratory. Left:float. Right: message. This float was first conceived by George P. Bidder with the aid of the Marine Biological Association of Plymouth, U. K., and first used from the HUXLEY in 1904 when 390 were launched in the North Sea. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | A message of good will from one Nation to another. Credit: Small World. |  | Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift after World War II, writes a message Dec. 12 to the people of the Micronesian Islands who were receiving cartons of humanitarian supplies during this year's Christm. |
 | "Religious fervor is mirrored on the face of a Black Muslim woman, one of some 10,000 listening to Elijah Muhammad deliver his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago. The city is headquarters for the Black Muslims. Their $75 million empire includes a mosque, newspaper, university, restaurants, real estate, bank, and variety of retail stores. Muhammad died February 25, 1975." By John H. White, Chicago, Illinois, March 1974. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. |  | Physical Therapy Department, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania : Deep sedative message being given to a lower leg and foot. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Television can convey a particularly vivid health message, but ... sets are rare outside the large towns. / UNESCO/WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Signalmen sending a message with semaphore flags, on the battleship's signal bridge, 29 October 1943. Signalman 2nd Class Kenneth Mitchell is working the flags, as Signalman 3rd Class John Wilson mans the telescope. Credit: NAVY. |
 | A Curtiss SOC "Seagull" scout-observation aircraft drops a message as it flies over USS Augusta (CA-31), during operations off North Africa in November-December 1942. Note the message capsule that has just been tossed out by the plane's observer. Credit: NAVY. |  | The message to Azot. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Throwing Down" by Michio Takagi Commentary: "A little thing i cooked up with my Digi camera and a few effects added made it for a splash page on a freinds message baord check it at http://flux. rant-on.net." | "From God" by Keith M. Commentary: "A message on my computer." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | I hear the message, but my faith is weak: miracle is faith's dearest child. |
John Ford | You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. |
Prime Minister Winston Churchill | I am a child of the House of Commons. I was brought up in my father's house to believe in democracy. "Trust the people" -- that was his message. |
Theodore Roosevelt | I am hard at work on my message to Congress, and accordingly shall not try to go out or see any one either this afternoon or this evening. All of this work is terribly puzzling at times, but I peg away at it, and every now and then, when the dust clears away and I look around, I feel that I really have accomplished a little, at any rate. |
| To-night while I was preparing to dictate a message to Congress concerning the boiling caldron on the Isthmus of Panama, which has now begun to bubble over, up came one of the ushers with a telegram from you and Ted about the football match. Instantly I bolted into the next room to read it aloud to mother and sister, and we all cheered in unison when we came to the Rah! Rah! Rah! part of it. It was a great score. I wish I could have seen the game. | |
Thomas Campbell | O Star-eyed Science! hast thou wandered there, to waft us home the message of despair? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Here is the message of the British and American peoples to mankind. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | The invitation was refused, and by a verbal message. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The message could not have come far. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The message is determined by the location of the nociceptor. (references) | |
The auditory nerve carries the message to the brain, where it is interpreted as sound. (references) | ||
It may result in urine leakage if the muscles holding urine in do not get the right message. (references) | ||
Business | It supplements circuit-switched data in short message services. (references) | |
City streets become awash with banners that scream the same message. (references) | ||
UkrMail is a nation-wide message handling system based on the X.400 protocol. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Turkey | The manager had been tried on the basis of an anonymous message posted on his web site's "forum" page. (references) |
Syria | Some observers believe the attack was a message from the Government to civil society advocates to moderate their pressure for reform. (references) | |
Uganda | In July 2000, Wilson Bushara, leader of the World Last Message Warning Church, and 17 of his followers were arrested and charged with defilement, rape, abduction, and theft. (references) | |
Economic History | Romania | Movie advertising is a rapidly growing form of advertising as it allows a high quality message to be delivered. (references) |
Ukraine | Consumer education, an important part of western advertising approaches, is key in conveying the message to the consumer. (references) | |
Botswana | The growth pattern gives a mixed message for the sectors targeted by the Botswana government for economic diversification. (references) | |
Human Rights | Moldova | The ISS reportedly also conveyed the same message, by unspecified means, to popular gathering places of Muslim students. (references) |
Colombia | Uscategui served a reduced sentence, however, and many human rights activists claimed that the message sent by his conviction was undercut by his early release. (references) | |
Colombia | In the view of many human rights groups, the term of Uscategui's sentence and early release, although legal, severely undercut the message sent by his conviction. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | Local telegraph service is available at a rate of Lps. 1.10 for a five-word message. (references) |
Women | Hungary | The hot line operates intermittently for 3-hours each day; a message system exists for the time when a counselor is unavailable. (references) |
Turkey | Government authorities have tried to send a clear message of intolerance for this practice through the prosecution of those responsible for the killings. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Van Praagh | That's right. I wouldn't have anything to do with it if that message didn't come through. And I wouldn't be sitting here right now if they didn't do that. |
Julie Andrews | It's like trying to write a Haiku poem of sorts. You boil it down to essence. Illustrations show so much. And you have to have narrative. You have to have a small message. |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower | We were thrilled with the reception in China. President Jiang Zemin sent a videotaped message, and George W. Bush, with all he had going on, he was very gracious. He also sent a message. |
Nancy Pelosi | I don't know if the White House is, but I do know that what I see on a daily basis in Congress is that is the case, and certainly we have heard rhetoric from the White House that would reinforce that negative message from the Congress. |
Rush Limbaugh | The story praises the passage of the so-called Campaign Finance Reform bill, which will give media outlets like AP more power, and limit your ability to get your message out over their heads. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The general state of our foreign relations has not materially changed since my last annual message. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I here reiterate some of them, and discuss others later in this Message. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | So I welcome this message and consider it an important contribution to peace. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Later this week, I shall submit a special message which I reviewed with the leadership this evening containing a proposal that has been reduced and has modified the Commission's recommendation to some extent on the congressional salaries. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | My message today is not intended to address all of the complex needs of America. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We are their heirs, and they are sending us a message across the centuries. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | There, on the western front, he was killed trying to carry a message between battalions under heavy artillery fire. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | It's a message she is passionately advocating every day. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Message" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.99% of the time. "Message" is used about 6,952 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.99% | 6,951 | 1,390 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,952 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "message". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Mahavites | N/A | Biblical | Declaring a message |
| Megiddo | N/A | Biblical | Declaring a message |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "message": "TMSI reallocation complete" message ♦ accounting entries message ♦ active Reconfiguring Message ♦ advice of a documentary collection message ♦ advice on pending works message ♦ aeronautical administrative message ♦ aircraft movement message ♦ Andrew Message System ♦ application error and acknowledgement message ♦ authorisation message ♦ authorization message ♦ automatic message accounting ♦ automatic message accounting subsystem ♦ automatic message accounting system ♦ balance of payment information from customer message ♦ banking status message ♦ bayplan/stowage plan occupied and empty locations message ♦ bayplan/stowage plan total numbers message ♦ bear a message ♦ bounce message ♦ boundary estimate message ♦ brief message ♦ call progress message ♦ centralised automatic message accounting ♦ centralized automatic message accounting ♦ chart of mappings message ♦ circuit group reset acknowledgement message ♦ class of message ♦ coded message ♦ commercial message ♦ component parts content message ♦ CONNECT message ♦ container special handling order message ♦ container stuffing/stripping order message ♦ continuity message ♦ convey a message ♦ credit risk cover message ♦ customs response message ♦ dangerous goods recapitulation message ♦ debts recovery message ♦ deliver a message ♦ delivery just in time message ♦ departure message ♦ described message ♦ direct amendment of a documentary credit message ♦ direct debit message ♦ direct payment valuation message ♦ direct transfer of a documentary credit message ♦ distress message ♦ documentary credit transfer information message ♦ drawing organisation message ♦ drawing organization message ♦ drop message ♦ dummy message ♦ electronic message switcher ♦ electronic message system ♦ end of message ♦ entitlement management message ♦ error message ♦ establishment of contract message ♦ express message ♦ facility accepted message ♦ facility message ♦ facility request message ♦ flight notification message ♦ flight regularity message ♦ flight safety message ♦ formatted message ♦ formatted message text ♦ forward transfer message ♦ fox message ♦ free from message text ♦ garbled message ♦ get the message ♦ give a message ♦ give a message to smb. ♦ handling of message ♦ identification response message ♦ information to receiver of message ♦ initial address message ♦ instruction message ♦ insurance policy administration message ♦ insurance premium payment message ♦ interface Message Processor ♦ international multimodal status report message ♦ international transport freight costs and other charges message ♦ Internet control message protocol ♦ internet Message Access Protocol ♦ interpersonal messaging system message store ♦ invoke message ♦ Java Message Service ♦ job application proposal message ♦ job application result message ♦ job order confirmation message ♦ justified payment request message ♦ leave a message ♦ leave a message for smb. ♦ ledger message ♦ legal administration response in civil proceedings message ♦ life reinsurance activity message ♦ load message. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "message": message-based, message-bearing, message-book, message-box, message-directed, message-driven, message-form, message-level, message-passing, message-self, message-sending, message-switching. | |
Ending with "message": box-message, q-message. | |
Containing "message": addresser-message-addressee, start-of-message signal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
away message | 6,344 | free picture message | 248 |
message board | 5,990 | voice mail message | 243 |
instant message | 2,470 | on hold message | 242 |
aim away message | 1,754 | free sms message | 238 |
message | 1,427 | send a free text message | 237 |
answering machine message | 1,363 | yahoo instant message | 235 |
text message | 1,171 | board harry message potter | 232 |
message in a bottle | 949 | blocker message | 231 |
away funny message | 845 | inspirational message | 227 |
free text message | 710 | easy message | 221 |
subliminal message | 558 | msn message | 219 |
boards message yahoo | 551 | verizon text message | 216 |
free message boards | 541 | phone message | 209 |
funny answering machine message | 517 | funny text message | 207 |
message picture | 493 | message subcon uncon | 205 |
send text message | 378 | aol away message | 201 |
sms message | 306 | free message boards web master | 186 |
board message yahoo | 295 | father day message | 181 |
funny sms message | 291 | message mates | 178 |
free message board | 287 | love is the message | 172 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "message"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | boodskap (errand), kennisgewing (account, advice, announcement, communication, information, notice, report), berig (account, advice, announcement, communication, information, notice, report), bekendmaking (advice, announcement, communication, notice, proclamation, report). (various references) | |
Albanian | mision (mission), mesazh (cable, despatch, dispatch), raportoj (make a report, report), raport (account, entrée, interrelation, proportion, rapport, ratio, record, report, return, write up), njoftoj (advertise, advertize, advise, announce, break, communicate, convey, cry, give out, inform, instruct, nark, notify, page, placard, post, report, tell), njoftim (advertisement, announcement, annunciation, banns, blurb, cry, data, despatch, dispatch, information, knowledge, news, note, notice, notification, placard, proclamation, report, service, tidings, tip off), letër (communication, epistle, Favor, favour, letter, paper), lajmëroj (advertise, advertize, announce, annunciate, break the news, declare, give notice, Herald, let know, meld, notify, portend, send word), lajmërim (announcement, annunciation, note, notice, notification), lajm (flimsy, item, news, notice, piece of news, word), kumtesë (commentary, paper). (various references) | |
Arabic | تذكرة (card, ticket), خطاب (address, harangue, speech), الرسالة (circular), رسالة (bill, brief, despatch, dispatch, epistle, letter, mission, missive, tractate, treatise, writing), بعث رسالة (give a message to smb.). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съобщение (advertisement, communication, intimation, knowledge, notice, notification, report, transmission, word), смисъл (amount, effect, hang, import, intent, intention, matter, point, sense, signification, sound, spirit, use), сигнализирам (hail), тема (area, argument, chapter, motif, motive, subject, subject matter, text, theme, topic), основна идея (content), значение (account, amount, consequence, consideration, denotation, hang, heft, import, importance, intention, interest, magnitude, matter, meaning, moment, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight), завет (behest, covenant, testament, trust), бележка (billet, comment, item, marking, memo, memorandum, note), поука (example, lesson, moral), послание (breve, epistle, letter, missive), поръчка (errand, order), поръчение (charge, errand, instruction, mission), известие (announcement, notice, word), изпращам известие, идея (concept, conception, design, idea, intention, notion, suggestion, thought). (various references) | |
Catalan | missatge (errand), encàrrec (errand). (various references) | |
Chinese | 音信 , 訊息 , 消息, 信息 (information, news). (various references) | |
Czech | zpráva (account, advice, call, communication, despatch, dispatch, intimation, item, news, notice, report, statement, tidings, word). (various references) | |
Danish | meddelelse (announcement, notice, notification), besked, beretning (account, bulletin, communication, errand, information, record, report), bekendtgørelse (advice, announcement, communication, notice, report). (various references) | |
Dutch | boodschap (commission, errand), bericht (account, ad, advertisement, advice, announcement, communication, errand, information, notice, report). (various references) | |
Esperanto | mesaĝo (errand), sciigo (advice, announcement, communication, notice, report). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sendiboð (errand), kunngerð (advice, announcement, communication, notice, report), boð (command, errand, order, treat). (various references) | |
Farsi | پیغام دادن , پیغام (Dispatch, Errand, Word), پیام , رسالت کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | sanoma (errand, news, tidings), viesti (tidings, word). (various references) | |
French | message. (various references) | |
German | Nachricht (account, communication, confirmation, information, news, signal, tidings), Meldung (account, announcement, communication, enlistment, enrollment, entry, item, notification, record, report, status signal), Botschaft (communication, embassy, embassy building, news, tidings), Mitteilung (account, advice, announcement, communication, impartation, information, memo, memorandum, notice, notification, report, statement). (various references) | |
Greek | μήνυμα (communication, despatch, dispatch, missive), άγγελμα (announcement, annunciation, despatch, dispatch). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מסר, תשדורת (broadcast, communication, despatch, dispatch), שליחות (errand, mission, vocation), הודעה (advice, affirmation, announcement, notice, notification, pronouncement), דבר (affair, anything, matter, object, saying, something, thing, word), בשורה (annunciation, gospel, news, tidings). (various references) | |
Hungarian | közlés (account, communication, disclosure, intimation, message in cipher, notice, notification, statement), üzenet (word), értesítés (advertising, advice, communication, information, notice, summons). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pesan, kabar (dispatch, news, report, tidings), canangan (description, summons). (various references) | |
Italian | messaggio (address, despatch, dispatch, embassy, errand, notice), comunicazione (announcement, communication, line, memorandum, note, report), comunicato (advice, announcement, bulletin, communication, communique, notice, report), annunzio (advice, announcement, communication, notice, report). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 奨励 (address, encouragement, promotion). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | メッセージ , しめい (designate, errand, fate, full name, identity, life or death, mission, name, nominate), きょうしょ (possession of books), しょうれい (address, case, encouragement, imperial edict, ministerial ordinance, promotion), ひとづて (hearsay), つかい (bearer, errand, familiar spirit, going as envoy, messenger, mission, tamer, trainer, usage, use), ことづけ, ことづて (declaration, hearsay). (various references) | |
Korean | 메시지. (various references) | |
Manx | chaghteraght radio (radio message). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mensahe (errand). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | essagemay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mensagem (communication, errand, summons). (various references) | |
Romanian | misiune (delegation, detachment, errand, goal, mission), mesaj (address, appeal, call, word), veste (hearing, information, news, piece of news, report, rumor, rumour, tidings), transmite prin semnale, semnaliza (signal), ştire (hearing, intelligence, news, notice, tidings, word), apel (appeal, call, call over, calling, muster, parade, roll), învãţãturã (advice, apprenticeship, article, culture, doctrine, education, instruction, learning, lesson, lore, moral, precept, scholarship, studies, study, teaching), însãrcinare (assignment, charging, commission, errand, task). (various references) | |
Russian | сообщение (announcement, communication, information, notice, notification, piece of information, pigeongram, statement, transaction report), телеграфировать (cable), запрос (demand, interpellation, query, request, requiry), записка (chit, love letter, memorandum, memorial, note, scrips), посылать сообщение, послание (epistle, missive), поручение (charge, commision, commission, commission contract, errand, mission), передавать сигналами, идея (brain-child, concept, I know what, idea, notion), донесение (information, report), депеша (despatch, dispatch). (various references) | |
Scottish | fios (acquaintance, information, knowledge, notice). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poruka (errand). (various references) | |
Spanish | mensaje (despatch, dispatch, errand), recado (errand, word), publicación (advice, airing, announcement, appearance, communication, insertion, notice, proclamation, publication, publishing, putting forth, putting up, release, report), noticias (advice, announcement, communication, information, intelligence, news, notice, novelty, report, something new, tidings), noticia (account, advice, announcement, communication, item, news, news item, notice, piece of news, report, word). (various references) | |
Swedish | meddelande (ad, advertisement, announcement, communication, information, memorandum, news, notice), budskap (announcement, visitation), bud (bid, call, carrier, command, commandment, messenger, offer, order, runner, word). (various references) | |
Turkish | mesaj (communication, dispatch, purpose), haber (announcement, communication, datum, Gen, Griff, griffin, info, information, item, knowledge, news, report, tidings, word). (various references) | |
Turkmen | maglumat (report), tabюyryk (comission, mission), sargyt (commission). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | повідомлення (advice, announcement, communication, conveyance, item, note, notice, notification), доручення (authorization, delegation, errand, mandate, mission, procurance, procuration, procuratory, proxy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | việc sai làm lời truyền lại, việc giao làm, thư tín, thông báo, thông điệp việc uỷ thác, điện (consumption, electricity, juice, palace, temple). (various references) | |
Welsh | neges (errand), cenadwri. (various references) | |
Zulu | umumayalezo (errand), umbiko (errand). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. kin. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | epistole. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | nuntius. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | sand. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 6 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Claudus pedibus et iniquitatem bibens qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Halt in feet, and drinkende wickidnesse, that sendith wordus bi a fool messager. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kadtong nagapadala ug usa ka panugon pinaagi sa kamot sa usa ka buang, Nagaputol sa iyang kaugalingong mga tiil, ug nagainum diha sa kapildihon. |
| Croatian | Odsijeca noge sebi i gorèinu pije tko po bezumnom poruke šalje. |
| Danish | Den afhugger Fødderne og inddrikker Vold, som sender Bud ved en Tåbe. |
| Dutch | Hij snijdt zich de voeten af, en drinkt geweld, die boodschappen zendt door de hand van een zot. |
| Finnish | Jalat altaan katkaisee ja vääryyttä saa juoda, joka sanan lähettää tyhmän mukana. |
| French | Il se coupe les pieds, il boit l`injustice, Celui qui donne des messages à un insensé. |
| German | Wer eine Sache durch einen törichten Boten ausrichtet, der ist wie ein Lahmer an den Füßen und nimmt Schaden. |
| Hungarian | A ki bolond által izen valamit, lábait vagdalja el magának, és bosszúságot szenved. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mengutus seorang bodoh untuk mengirim berita, sama dengan mematahkan kaki sendiri dan mencari celaka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa orang yang mengirimkan kabar dengan lidah orang bodoh, ia itu seolah-olah dikudungkannya kedua belah kakinya sendiri dan diminumnya barang yang ketar rasanya. |
| Italian | Si taglia i piedi e beve amarezze chi invia messaggi per mezzo di uno stolto. |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata e tuku korero ana ma te ringa o te wairangi, e tapahi ana i ona waewae ano, e inumia ana hoki te he. |
| Norwegian | Den som sender bud med en dåre, han hugger føttene av sig, han må tåle slem medfart. |
| Portuguese | Os pés decepa, e o dano bebe, quem manda mensagens pela mão dum tolo. |
| Rumanian | Celce trimete o solie printr`un nebun, kwi taie singur picioarele, wi bea nedreptatea. - |
| Russian | рПДТЕЪЩЧБЕФ УЕВЕ ОПЗЙ, ФЕТРЙФ ОЕРТЙСФОПУФШ ФПФ, ЛФП ДБЕФ УМПЧЕУОПЕ РПТХЮЕОЙЕ ЗМХРГХ. |
| Spanish | Se corta los pies y bebe violencia el que envía recado por medio de un necio. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "message": messaged, messages. (additional references) | |
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"Message" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: essage, Masage, masagge, masasage, Masegne, massag, Massane, Massanga, massuge, Mastsarge, meassage, meesage, mensonge, mesage, Mesago, Mesdag, mesnage, messag, messageq, messagi, messaien, messege, messere, messige, messuge, Mestdagh, misgave, misstage, Mossadew, Sesslagh. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "message" (pronounced me"suj) |
| 3 | -s u j | dosage, passage, sausage, usage. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: megasse. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-m-s-s" | |
-1 letter: megass, sesame. | |
-2 letters: eases, games, gases, mages, masse, mesas, sages, seams, seems, semes. | |
-3 letters: agee, ages, ease, emes, eses, gaes, game, gams, gees, gems, maes, mage, mags, mass, megs, mesa, mess, sage, sags, same, seam, seas, seem, sees, segs, seme. | |
-4 letters: age, ass, eme, ems, ess, gae, gam, gas, gee, gem, mae, mag, mas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-m-s-s" | |
+1 letter: gameness, megasses, messaged, messages, messuage. | |
+2 letters: embassage, gamesters, megadoses, mesogleas, messuages. | |
+3 letters: assemblage, embassages, gamenesses, gaminesses, gasometers, isogametes, magnesites, magnetises, manageress, manganeses, meagerness, megalopses, megaspores, mergansers, mesogloeas. | |
+4 letters: ambergrises, assemblages, assuagement, evangelisms, guesstimate, manginesses, mangosteens, meaningless, megaparsecs, metageneses, metagenesis, mutageneses, mutagenesis, plasmagenes, sexagesimal, stereograms. | |
+5 letters: assuagements, bromegrasses, gamesomeness, gladsomeness, guesstimated, guesstimates, lemongrasses, manageresses, mastersinger, meagernesses, reassemblage, reassembling, reassignment, scaremongers, sexagesimals, steelmakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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