send a message

verb

To implicitly communicate an idea, typically through one's actions.

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Meanings

verbsend a message (third-person singular simple present sends a message, present participle sending a message, simple past and past participle sent a message)

present singular third person sends a message · participle present sending a message · participle past sent a message · past sent a message

  1. idiomaticTo implicitly communicate an idea, typically through one's actions.

    As we sometimes also say about elements of fashion and etiquette, the way you use English "Makes a Statement" or "Sends a Message" — even though these Statements/Messages often have nothing to do with the actual information you're trying to transmit.

    2001 April, David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage”, in Harper's Magazine

    Synonyms: make a statement

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo implicitly communicate an idea, typically through one's actions.

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make a statement
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make a statement
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