"text message" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: text messages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} text message (plural text messages)
  1. A brief electronic message sent between mobile phones. Categories (topical): Telecommunications, Texting Derived forms: sex-text, sext, text messaging, texting Translations (a brief electronic message): SMS (Afrikaans), SMS-boodskap (Afrikaans), selfoonboodskap (Afrikaans), رِسَالَة (risāla) [feminine] (Arabic), رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس (risālat ʔes ʔem ʔes) [feminine] (Arabic), مِيسِيج (mīsij) [masculine] (Arabic), missatge de text [masculine] (Catalan), 短訊 (Chinese Cantonese), 短讯 (dyun² seon³) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Cantonese), 短信 (duǎnxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), textovka (Czech), esemeska (Czech), sms [common-gender] (Danish), SMS [common-gender] (Danish), sms-besked [common-gender] (Danish), SMS-besked [common-gender] (Danish), sms [masculine] (Dutch), sms-bericht [neuter] (Dutch), tekstiviesti (Finnish), texto [masculine] (French), SMS [masculine] (French), ტექსტური შეტყობინება (ṭeksṭuri šeṭq̇obineba) (Georgian), ესემესი (esemesi) (Georgian), SMS-შეტყობინება (SMS-šeṭq̇obineba) (Georgian), ესემეს-შეტყობინება (esemes-šeṭq̇obineba) (Georgian), სმს-შეტყობინება (sms-šeṭq̇obineba) (Georgian), Textnachricht [feminine] (German), SMS [feminine, neuter] (German), מִסְרוֹן (misrón) [masculine] (Hebrew), SMS (Hungarian), 伝言 (dengon) (alt: でんごん) (Japanese), メール (mēru) (Japanese), テキストメッセージ (tekisuto messēji) (Japanese), 문자 메시지 (munja mesiji) (Korean), 문자 (munja) (Korean), karere-ā-waea (Maori), karere kuputuhi (Maori), tekstmelding [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tekstmelding [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پیامک (payâmak) (Persian), esemes [masculine] (Polish), SMS [masculine] (Polish), mensagem de texto [feminine] (Portuguese), SMS [masculine] (Portuguese), сообще́ние (soobščénije) [neuter] (Russian), ме́сседж (méssedž) [masculine] (Russian), эс-эм-э́с (es-em-és) [masculine] (Russian), эсэмэ́ска (esɛmɛ́ska) [feminine] (Russian), mensaje de texto (Spanish), texto [masculine] (Spanish), ujumbe mfupi (Swahili), sms [neuter] (Swedish), mess [neuter] (Swedish), textmeddelande [neuter] (Swedish), tin nhắn văn bản (Vietnamese), nhắn tin (Vietnamese), vödanunil (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-text_message-en-noun-LAxCcf82 Disambiguation of Telecommunications: 46 54 Disambiguation of Texting: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18

Verb

Forms: text messages [present, singular, third-person], text messaging [participle, present], text messaged [participle, past], text messaged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} text message (third-person singular simple present text messages, present participle text messaging, simple past and past participle text messaged)
  1. (transitive or intransitive) To transmit a text message. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Telecommunications, Texting Synonyms: text, message, SMS (english: outside the US/UK) Translations (to transmit a text message — see also send, text message): SMS (Afrikaans), sms'e (Danish), SMS'e (Danish), sms'en (Dutch), tekstata (Finnish), tekstailla (Finnish), lähettää tekstiviesti (Finnish), lähetellä tekstiviestejä (Finnish), simsen [informal] (German), तेक्स्ट करने (teksṭ karne) (Hindi), information) elküld SMS-ben (note: (object) (Hungarian), person) SMS-t küld (note: (object) (Hungarian), SMS-ezik [intransitive] (Hungarian), esemesować (Polish), эсэмэсить (esɛmɛsitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), sms:a (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-text_message-en-verb-SdWbDAMH Disambiguation of Telecommunications: 46 54 Disambiguation of Texting: 48 52

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian",
          "text": "After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: \"Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma.\"",
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          "ref": "2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)",
          "text": "A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10",
          "text": "Similarly, Fingilish usually refers to transliterated Farsi in chatrooms, text messages, and the like.",
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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
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          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "mīsij",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "مِيسِيج"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "missatge de text"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "短訊"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "dyun² seon³",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "Hong-Kong"
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          "word": "短讯"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duǎnxìn",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "短信"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "esemeska"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṭeksṭuri šeṭq̇obineba",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "ტექსტური შეტყობინება"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "esemesi",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "ესემესი"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "SMS-šeṭq̇obineba",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "SMS-შეტყობინება"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "esemes-šeṭq̇obineba",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "ესემეს-შეტყობინება"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sms-šeṭq̇obineba",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "სმს-შეტყობინება"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Textnachricht"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
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          "word": "SMS"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "misrón",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מִסְרוֹן"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "SMS"
        },
        {
          "alt": "でんごん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dengon",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "伝言"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mēru",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "メール"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tekisuto messēji",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "テキストメッセージ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "munja mesiji",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "문자 메시지"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "munja",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "문자"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "karere-ā-waea"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "karere kuputuhi"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tekstmelding"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tekstmelding"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "payâmak",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "پیامک"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esemes"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "SMS"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mensagem de texto"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "SMS"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "soobščénije",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сообще́ние"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "méssedž",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ме́сседж"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "es-em-és",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "эс-эм-э́с"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "esɛmɛ́ska",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "эсэмэ́ска"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "mensaje de texto"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "texto"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "ujumbe mfupi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sms"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mess"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "textmeddelande"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "tin nhắn văn bản"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "nhắn tin"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "a brief electronic message",
          "word": "vödanunil"
        }
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    "Text messaging"
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}

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "SMS"
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        {
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "sms'e"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
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          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
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          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "tekstata"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "tekstailla"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "lähettää tekstiviesti"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "lähetellä tekstiviestejä"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "simsen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "teksṭ karne",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "तेक्स्ट करने"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "(object",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "information) elküld SMS-ben"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "(object",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "person) SMS-t küld"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "tags": [
            "intransitive"
          ],
          "word": "SMS-ezik"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "esemesować"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "esɛmɛsitʹ",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "эсэмэсить"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
          "word": "sms:a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Text messaging"
  ],
  "word": "text message"
}
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          "ref": "2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian",
          "text": "After the kitten had died, Robins sent a text message to Knutton saying: \"Remember the saying: 'What goes around comes around?' It has started already to bite you in the arse. The cat? Karma.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)",
          "text": "A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "SMS-boodskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "selfoonboodskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "risāla",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِسَالَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "risālat ʔes ʔem ʔes",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رِسَالَة إِس إِم إِس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mīsij",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِيسِيج"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "missatge de text"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "短訊"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dyun² seon³",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "短讯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duǎnxìn",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "短信"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "textovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "esemeska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sms"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sms-besked"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "SMS-besked"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sms"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sms-bericht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "tekstiviesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "texto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ṭeksṭuri šeṭq̇obineba",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "ტექსტური შეტყობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "esemesi",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "ესემესი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "SMS-šeṭq̇obineba",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "SMS-შეტყობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "esemes-šeṭq̇obineba",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "ესემეს-შეტყობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sms-šeṭq̇obineba",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "სმს-შეტყობინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Textnachricht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "misrón",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מִסְרוֹן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "alt": "でんごん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dengon",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "伝言"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mēru",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "メール"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tekisuto messēji",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "テキストメッセージ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munja mesiji",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "문자 메시지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "munja",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "문자"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "karere-ā-waea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "karere kuputuhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tekstmelding"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tekstmelding"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "payâmak",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "پیامک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esemes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mensagem de texto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soobščénije",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сообще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "méssedž",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́сседж"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "es-em-és",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эс-эм-э́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "esɛmɛ́ska",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эсэмэ́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "mensaje de texto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "texto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "ujumbe mfupi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sms"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mess"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "textmeddelande"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "tin nhắn văn bản"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "nhắn tin"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a brief electronic message",
      "word": "vödanunil"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Text messaging"
  ],
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}

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          "text": "I told him to text message you when he's finished."
        },
        {
          "text": "Please text message the directions to me."
        },
        {
          "text": "Just text message me the information."
        },
        {
          "text": "Stop text messaging during class time."
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          "text": "She's been text messaging all afternoon."
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      "word": "message"
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      "word": "SMS"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "SMS"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "sms'e"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "SMS'e"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "sms'en"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "tekstata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "tekstailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "lähettää tekstiviesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "lähetellä tekstiviestejä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "simsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "teksṭ karne",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "तेक्स्ट करने"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "(object",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "information) elküld SMS-ben"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "(object",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "person) SMS-t küld"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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      "word": "SMS-ezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "esemesować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "esɛmɛsitʹ",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "эсэмэсить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to transmit a text message — see also send, text message",
      "word": "sms:a"
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    "Text messaging"
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}

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