Definition of "message" []

• A usually short communication transmitted by words, signals, or other means from one person, station, or group to another. (noun)
• The substance of such a communication; the point or points conveyed: gestured to a waiter, who got the message and brought the bill. (noun)
• A statement made or read before a gathering: a retiring coach's farewell message. (noun)
• A basic thesis or lesson; a moral: a play with a message. (noun)
• To send a message to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Do we really need an an automated message *after our own message* saying, “at the tone, please record your…blah blah blah”?"
• "At a recent event, DLC leaders were asked about the Democratic message in 2006; they replied that the “events and the economy will determine the outcome, ” therefore Dems needed no “message” at present."
• "EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'CDO. Message', @message OUT -- create the message object"