"private message" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: private messages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} private message (plural private messages)
  1. (Internet) A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom. Tags: Internet Synonyms: PM [initialism], direct message, personal message, whisper Translations (communication to an individual social media user): privaatboodskap (Afrikaans), رِسَالَة خَاصَّة (risāla ḵāṣṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), прыва́тнае паведамле́нне (pryvátnaje pavjedamljénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), прыва́тнае паведамле́ньне (pryvátnaje pavjedamljénʹnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), ли́чно съобще́ние (líčno sǎobšténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 私信 (si¹ seon³) (Chinese Cantonese), 私訊 /私讯 (si¹ seon³) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Cantonese), 私信 (sīxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 私訊 /私讯 (sīxùn) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), soukromá zpráva [feminine] (Czech), yksityisviesti (Finnish), message privé [masculine] (French), private Nachricht [feminine] (German), privát üzenet (Hungarian), privi (Hungarian), プライベート・メッセージ (puraibēto-messēji) (Japanese), パーソナル・メッセージ (pāsonaru-messēji) (Japanese), ダイレクト・メッセージ (dairekuto-messēji) (Japanese), 개인 메시지 (gaein mesiji) (Korean), 다이렉트 메시지 (dairekteu mesiji) (Korean), wiadomość prywatna [feminine] (Polish), priv [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), mensagem privada [feminine] (Portuguese), ли́чное сообще́ние (líčnoje soobščénije) [neuter] (Russian), ЛС (LS) [neuter] (Russian), súkromná správa [feminine] (Slovak), mensaje privado [masculine] (Spanish), privatmeddelande [neuter] (Swedish), หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai) [colloquial] (Thai), прива́тне повідо́млення (pryvátne povidómlennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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Verb

Forms: private messages [present, singular, third-person], private messaging [participle, present], private messaged [participle, past], private messaged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} private message (third-person singular simple present private messages, present participle private messaging, simple past and past participle private messaged)
  1. (Internet, transitive) To send a private message. Tags: Internet, transitive Synonyms: PM [initialism], direct message, personal message Related terms: private-message [alternative] Translations (to send a private message): 私信 (si¹ seon³) (Chinese Cantonese), 私訊 /私讯 (si¹ seon³) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Cantonese), 私信 (sīxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 私訊 /私讯 (sīxùn) [Hong-Kong, Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), yksityisviesti (Finnish), หลังไมค์ (lǎng-mai) [colloquial] (Thai)
    Sense id: en-private_message-en-verb-C-Qskfsd Categories (other): Internet

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”",
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          "ref": "2007 January 19, Seth Schiesel, “O Brave New World That Has Such Gamers in It”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”",
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          "word": "direct message"
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "privaatboodskap"
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      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "رِسَالَة خَاصَّة"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прыва́тнае паведамле́нне"
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      "roman": "pryvátnaje pavjedamljénʹnje",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прыва́тнае паведамле́ньне"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "líčno sǎobšténie",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ли́чно съобще́ние"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "si¹ seon³",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "私信"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "si¹ seon³",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "私訊 /私讯"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sīxìn",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "私信"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sīxùn",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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        "Taiwan"
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      "word": "私訊 /私讯"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soukromá zpráva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "yksityisviesti"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "message privé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "private Nachricht"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "privát üzenet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "privi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "roman": "puraibēto-messēji",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "プライベート・メッセージ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "roman": "pāsonaru-messēji",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "パーソナル・メッセージ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "dairekuto-messēji",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "ダイレクト・メッセージ"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "gaein mesiji",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "개인 메시지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "dairekteu mesiji",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "word": "다이렉트 메시지"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "wiadomość prywatna"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "priv"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mensagem privada"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "líčnoje soobščénije",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "ли́чное сообще́ние"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "súkromná správa"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mensaje privado"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "privatmeddelande"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "lǎng-mai",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "หลังไมค์"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pryvátne povidómlennja",
      "sense": "communication to an individual social media user",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "прива́тне повідо́млення"
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      "form": "private messages",
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        "To send a private message."
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          "word": "private-message"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "si¹ seon³",
      "sense": "to send a private message",
      "word": "私信"
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "si¹ seon³",
      "sense": "to send a private message",
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      "word": "私訊 /私讯"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "sīxìn",
      "sense": "to send a private message",
      "word": "私信"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "to send a private message",
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      "word": "私訊 /私讯"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to send a private message",
      "word": "yksityisviesti"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "lǎng-mai",
      "sense": "to send a private message",
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      "word": "หลังไมค์"
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  "word": "private message"
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