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SEND A MESSAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does send a message mean? 

SEND A MESSAGE (verb)
  The verb SEND A MESSAGE has 1 sense:

1. give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verballyplay

  Familiarity information: SEND A MESSAGE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEND A MESSAGE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Give or constitute a signal, not necessarily verbally

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The lack of good teachers sends a strong message to all parents in the community

Hypernyms (to "send a message" is one way to...):

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


 Context examples 


Then, in his last breath, he tried to send a message that it was she—the she whom he had just discussed with him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.

(Call, NCI Thesaurus)



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