text messagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtekst ˌmes.ɪdʒ/us/ˈtekst ˌmes.ɪdʒ/also textA2 a written message, often containing short forms of words, sent from one mobile phone or pager to another:
He sent me a text message to say he would be late.
More examples
- I've had a couple of text messages from Mike.
- I'll send you a text message when we arrive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communications - messaging
- beep
- beeper
- bleep
- EMS
- fax
- intercom
- Mailgram
- message
- page
- pager
- resend
- sexting
- Telemessage
- telemetry
- teleprinter
- telex
- text
- thnq
- wire
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text-messaging
noun [ U ] ukusalso texting
Text-messaging is the way that most young people contact each other these days.