messaging

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A form of message — A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

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Meanings

nounmessaging (usually uncountable, plural messagings)

plural messagings

  1. gerunduncountableusuallygerund of message: the transmission of messages.

    Excited by all kinds of messagings, informings and insinuations, the imperious Prince, in spite of his secret pleasure in this sudden renown of his Pupil, could in no wise be persuaded to revoke or soften his harsh Order, […]

    1872, [Ernst Julius] Saupe, Thomas Carlyle, transl., “[Supplement of 1872.] Saupe’s ‘Schiller and His Father’s Household.’ I. The Father.”, in The Life of Friedrich Schiller: […] (Thomas Carlyle’s Collected Works), 2nd edition, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 198
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of message

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe sending and processing of e-mail by computer

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electronic messaging
Broader
electronic communication

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From message + -ing.

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APA

messaging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messaging

MLA

“messaging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messaging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “messaging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messaging.

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