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  1. messagesnoun

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  1. messages

    A message is a discrete unit of communication intended by the source for consumption by some recipient or group of recipients. A message may be delivered by various means, including courier, telegraphy, carrier pigeon and electronic bus. A message can be the content of a broadcast. An interactive exchange of messages forms a conversation.One example of a message is a press release, which may vary from a brief report or statement released by a public agency to commercial publicity material.

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  1. Messages

    "Messages" is the third single of the synthpop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released in 1980. The song originally featured on their eponymous debut album, but a re-recorded version provided OMD with their first Top 40 hit single in the UK, reaching number 13. As with debut single "Electricity", the band embraced the concept of machines singing the song's chorus. The original grey two tone labels incorrectly state the producer as Chester Valentino, later editions feature different coloured record labels that correctly credit Mike Howlett for the production. The song was featured in the second series of Ashes to Ashes. AllMusic journalist Ned Raggett wrote: "Messages wears the emotion of its lyrics on its sleeve, with a killer opening line - 'It worries me, this kind of thing, how you hope to live alone and occupy your waking hours' - and a melody both propulsive and fragile." He described the re-recorded single version, which would later appear on the band's compilation albums, as "a far more stunning reworking". Colleague Dave Thompson concurred, writing, "The result was glorious, with the song boasting a more bittersweet atmosphere and a stronger emotional feel, fed by the even lusher keyboards. There's a new brightness and crispness to the overall sound as well, emphasized by the prominent rhythm. Where the original 'Messages' brooded, the more sharply defined recut brings a touch of anger and self-reproach that its predecessor lacked."

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  1. messages

    Plural form of the word message.

    The messages were sent via a telecommunications system which the company had bought as a software system to empower employees to communicate in real time to each other.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 21, 2016  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'messages' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4581

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'messages' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4779

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of messages in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of messages in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of messages in a Sentence

  1. Socrates:

    I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

  2. Seema Yasmin:

    We've seen the spread of rumors and anti-science messages during Ebola, during Zika, the anti-vaccine movement is not new, and WHO's response often has been,' Oh, there's a really bad outbreak of measles in Eastern Europe, it's okay, we're going to disseminate pamphlets.' That's not enough when the anti-science messages are sophisticated, targeting vulnerable populations and really tailoring anti-science messages to groups that believe them.

  3. Anonymous:

    A program is a spell cast over a computer, turning input into error messages.

  4. Laura Edelson:

    We have trained users that they can access their messages anywhere, from any computer, just by logging in, and that if they need to there is some third party who can recover them, but what inherently comes with that if there is some third party who can recover your messages for you, they can recover your messages for anyone else.

  5. Rachel Blanchard:

    The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.

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