messageとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɪd͡ʒ/
• ハイフネーション: mes‧sage

名詞

message (複数形 messages)

1. A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Judges 3:20:

     I have a message from God unto thee.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 46:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   We've just received an urgent message from the President.

2. An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.
   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

     Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

   The main message of the novel is that time heals all wounds.

3. (UK, Ireland, chiefly in the plural) An errand.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 27:

     I had been on a message for my father, and was walking home along the road, when I saw a tall, fine lassie coming over the bogland on the right hand side of the road.

4. (Ireland, Scotland, Northern England) See messages (“groceries, shopping”).

略語s

• msg

下位語

派生語

派生した語

• Tok Pisin: mesej
• → Gulf Arabic: مسج‎ (məsij, “short electronic message”)
• → German: Message
• → Japanese: メッセージ (messēji)
• → Korean: 메시지 (mesiji)
• → Malay: mesej
• → Russian: ме́сседж (mɛ́ssɛdž)

参照

• message on Wikipedia.

動詞

message (三人称単数 現在形 messages, 現在分詞 messaging, 過去形および過去分詞形 messaged)

1. To send a message to; to transmit a message to, e.g. as text via a cell phone.

   Just message me for directions.

   I messaged her about the concert.

2. To send (something) as a message; usually refers to electronic messaging.

   She messaged me the information yesterday.

   Please message the final report by fax.

3. (intransitive) To send a message or messages; to be capable of sending messages.

   We've implemented a new messaging service.

   The runaway computer program was messaging non-stop.

4. (obsolete) To bear as a message.

同意語

• (send a text message to): text