SMS

alternative S.M.S. · alternative S. M. S.

1. abbreviationinitialismcommunicationsInitialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.

   As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.

   2023 February 18, Ramishah Maruf, “Twitter to charge for SMS two-factor authentication”, in CNN Business

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   The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”

   2007 October 15, Eric Newman, “iPhone is different things to different dudes”, in Brandweek, volume 48, →ISSN, page 226

plural SMSes · plural SMSs · alternative S.M.S. · alternative S. M. S.

1. countableA text message sent using the short message service.

   The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.

   2004 July 5, Nicola Clark, “Wireless: Consumers seek help in cutting mobile spam”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2025

   Synonyms: text

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of special mint set.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of salesman sample.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehuman sciencesInitialism of short man syndrome.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of stiff man syndrome.

   Synonyms: SPS

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of safety management system: a system designed to identify and manage occupational safety and health risks.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of senior minister of state.

present singular third person SMSes · participle present SMSing · participle past SMSed · past SMSed · participle past SMS'd · past SMS'd · alternative S.M.S. · alternative S. M. S.

1. To send a message on a cell phone via short message service.

   I SMSed him and asked why he was late.

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   I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

   He picked up his cell and SMSed Radhika. “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! See, this time, I was the first one to wish.’

   2011 January, Smita Kaushik, Utkarsh Roy, Let's Get Committed…, New Delhi: Mahaveer Publishers, →ISBN, page 44

   Synonyms: text

alternative S.M.S. · alternative S. M. S.

1. abbreviationinitialismvideo gamesInitialism of Sega Master System.

alternative S.M.S. · alternative S. M. S.

1. initialismuncountablegovernmentSMS — Seiner Majestät Schiff – literally, "His Majesty's Ship" in German;
   1. initialismuncountablegovernmentA ship prefix for a ship in the navy of the Empire of Germany (usually for the period leading to WWI and WWI)

      Synonyms: HIGMS

1. pluralplural of SM