INDEX:
1. a message
2. someone who takes a message to someone
RELATED WORDS
send a message : ↑ SEND
see also
↑ CONTACT
↑ LETTER
↑ TELEPHONE
↑ COMPUTERS/INTERNET/EMAIL
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1. a message
▷ message /ˈmesɪdʒ/ [countable noun]
a spoken or written piece of information, request etc that you send to someone, especially by giving it to another person or leaving it somewhere :
▪ When I got home, there were two messages on my answering machine.
message from
▪ ‘What is it?’ ‘A message from the hospital. Harry’s worse.’
message for
▪ Where’s Dick? I’ve got a message for him.
message of
▪ He says he has received many messages of support from the public.
message that
▪ I hope Frank got my message that I was going to be late.
leave a message
▪ I’m sorry, Mr Banks isn’t here right now. Would you like to leave a message?
▷ note /nəʊt/ [countable noun]
a short written message :
leave a note
▪ He left a note on his desk saying he would be back in 5 minutes.
note from
▪ He was devastated when he arrived home to find a note from his wife, telling him their marriage was over.
note to
▪ She wrote a polite little note to Miss Henry, thanking her for her kindness.
▷ memo /ˈmeməʊ/ [countable noun]
a short official message to other people in a company or organization :
▪ The meeting’s been cancelled. Didn’t you get my memo?
memo to
▪ I have sent out a memo to all staff, reminding them of the procedure for taking sick leave.
memo from
▪ He noticed a memo from the chairman on Wilson’s desk.
▷ dispatch/despatch /dɪˈspætʃ/ [countable noun]
a message sent between government or military officials, especially one containing important information :
▪ This office has seen every State Department dispatch issued over the past 35 years.
▪ As a courier for the Canadian Government, bearing important dispatches, Hayes was anxious to travel immediately.
▷ email/email message /ˈiː meɪl, ˈiː meɪl ˌmesɪdʒ/ [countable noun]
a message or document sent from one computer to another :
▪ I sent him an email yesterday, but I haven’t got a reply yet.
▪ Some companies automatically delete all email messages more than three months old.
email/email message from
▪ I got an email from her a couple of weeks ago - she sounded OK.
2. someone who takes a message to someone
▷ messenger /ˈmesɪndʒəʳ, -s ə n-/ [countable noun]
someone who takes a message or whose job it is to take messages :
▪ In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.
▪ Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.
▪ The king’s messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.
messenger boy
▪ When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency.
▷ courier /ˈkʊriəʳ/ [countable noun]
someone whose job it is to carry urgent messages, letters, parcels etc, especially for a company :
▪ A courier arrived with the documents just before the meeting.
send something by courier
▪ He said he’d be sending the report over by courier.
▷ go-between /ˈgəʊ bɪˌtwiːn/ [countable noun]
someone who takes messages between two people or groups because they are not able to meet or do not want to meet :
▪ Barnes isn’t involved in the deal - he’s just the go-between.
act as (a) go-between
▪ Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between.