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message
verbs
get a message
( also receive a message formal )
• Didn’t you get my message?
send a message
• My mum just sent me a text message.
leave a message
(= write or say something that the person will receive later )
• Please leave a message after the beep.
take a message
(= write down a message from someone for someone else )
• Ellen isn’t here. Can I take a message?
give somebody a message
(= from someone else )
• Just give him the message.
pass on/relay/deliver a message
(= give someone a message from someone else )
• I asked Rob if he would pass on a message for me.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + message
an urgent/important message
• an urgent message for the commanding officer
a brief/short message
• She left a short message on his answering machine.
a personal message
• It was a personal message from Thomas.
a telephone/phone message
(= a message that someone has written down for you from a phone call )
• There was a telephone message for her to call Harbury.
a text message
(= a written message that you receive on your mobile phone )
• Her phone kept beeping whenever she got a text message.
an email/mail message
(= a message that you receive by email )
• Just send me an email message to let me know what time.
a secret message
• a secret message written in lemon juice
phrases
a message of support/sympathy/congratulations etc
• Other celebrities sent messages of support.
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noun from one person to another ADJ. important, urgent, vital | brief, short | coded, cryptic, scrambled | secret | garbled | email, radio, text | heartfelt The family sent a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who helped. VERB + MESSAGE convey, give sb, pass on, relay He's not here?I'll pass on the message. | take She's out?can I take a message? | carry, deliver, take sb | send, transmit | leave (sb) I left a message for her at reception. | get, receive I never got your message. MESSAGE + VERB come | say sth, tell sb sth PREP. ~ about There was a message about the meeting. | ~ for Are there any messages for me? | ~ from a urgent message from your mother | ~ of They sent messages of hope to prisoners of war. | ~ to The message was to your sister, not you. main idea of a book, speech, etc. ADJ. important | fundamental, main | clear, simple, unambiguous, unmistakeable | ambiguous, conflicting, mixed | powerful, strong | positive, upbeat | stark, uncomfortable | hidden, implicit, subliminal stories with hidden moral messages | anti-drugs, anti-war, etc. a party with an anti-immigrant message | ideological, moral, political, social VERB + MESSAGE spread spreading the message of the Bible | drive home, get/put across We need to get this important message across to teenage smokers. | reinforce MESSAGE + VERB emerge A clear message is emerging from these government statements. PREP. ~ of The president toured the country spreading the message of national unity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary