Meanings
plural e-messages
- A message sent by computer.
Through your computer you can send messages or files. Obviously, it also works the other way round when you are the receiver of an e-message.
2014, Robin Anderson, Practical business skills, page 822 more examples
In this chapter, I have used data taken from my own e-messages, supplemented by examples taken from messages sent to a younger generation, kindly supplied by my 23-year-old son and 26-year-old daughter. The desirability of a corpus of e-mail data is stressed by Johansson, and also Yates.
2001, David Crystal, Language and the Internet, page 94Online activities include getting and sending e-messages and photos, using Facebook, sharing artwork or music, building Web sites, or Internet gaming.
2012, Judy Monroe Peterson, How to Beat Cyberbullying, page 7
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 電子訊息 /电子讯息
- 電子訊息 /电子讯息 (diànzǐ xùnxī)message sent by computer
Finnish sähköinen viesti, sähköinen sanoma
- sähköinen viestimessage sent by computer
- sähköinen sanomamessage sent by computer
German elektronische Mitteilung, elektronische Nachricht
- elektronische Mitteilungmessage sent by computer
- elektronische Nachrichtmessage sent by computer
Swedish e-meddelande
- e-meddelandemessage sent by computer
Cite this entry
e-message. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-message
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