text message

  • 1text message — ˈtext ˌmessage noun [countable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS a written message that you send or receive on a mobile phone; = TEXT: • A record breaking 929 million text messages were sent in Britain last month. * * * Ⅰ. text message UK US …

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  • 2text message — text .message1 n a written message that is sent or received on a ↑mobile phone or ↑pager text message 2 text .message2 also text v [T] to send someone a written message on a ↑mobile phone or ↑pager ▪ …

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  • 3text message — A text message (text for short) is a visual electronic communication sent from one mobile phone to another. The limitations of the screen format of a mobile phone have given rise to ingenious conventions for abbreviating the written language and… …

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  • 4text-message — ˈtext message ; (also text) verb transitive, intransitive …

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  • 5text message — text messages N COUNT A text message is a message that you send using a mobile phone …

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  • 6text message — noun A short message, often using abbreviations, typed and sent by means of a mobile phone • • • Main Entry: ↑text …

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  • 7text message — text ,message noun count a written message that you send or receive using a cellphone …

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  • 8text message — 1. noun A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones, containing text composed by the sender, usually input via a lettering system on a cell phones numeric keypad, the content of which is often abbreviated like shorthand by leaving out… …

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  • 9text message — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms text message : singular text message plural text messages a written message that you send or receive using a mobile phone …

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  • 10text message — noun Text message is used after these nouns: ↑text …

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