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text message1 nountext message2 verb text messageˈtext ˌmessage1 noun [countable] - He shows her a text message sent by Emily asking how the field trip is going.
- If the software detects unusual activity on an account, it will send a text message to the mobile phone.
► phone (also telephone formal) · My wife was talking to someone on the phone.· What’s your home phone number?· The nearest telephone was in the school secretary’s office. ► mobile phone British English (also mobile informal) a telephone that you can carry with you, that works by using a network of radio stations to pass on signals: · Even children as young as eight have mobile phones.· She always has her mobile switched off. ► cell phone American English (also cell informal) a mobile phone: · You can reach me on my cell phone. ► voice mail a system that records messages so that you can listen to them on your phone: · Let me check my voice mail. ► text message (also text, SMS) a message from someone that you can read on your mobile phone: · I got a text from Paul. ► landline a telephone that uses wires – used when comparing this with a mobile phone: · Calls cost 25p from a landline, more from a mobile phone. ► receiver the part of a telephone that you pick up to listen and talk: · She put down the receiver and started crying. a written message that is sent or received on a mobile phone or pagertext message1 nountext message2 verb text messagetext ˌmessage2 (also text) verb [transitive] VERB TABLEtext message |
Present | I, you, we, they | text message | | he, she, it | text messages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | text messaged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have text messaged | | he, she, it | has text messaged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had text messaged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will text message | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have text messaged |
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Present | I | am text messaging | | he, she, it | is text messaging | | you, we, they | are text messaging | Past | I, he, she, it | was text messaging | | you, we, they | were text messaging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been text messaging | | he, she, it | has been text messaging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been text messaging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be text messaging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been text messaging |
to send someone a written message on a mobile phone or pager: She’s always text messaging her friends.—text-messaging noun [uncountable] |