answering machine |
a device connected to a telephone that records an incoming message from a caller when the telephone is not answered. |
bill1 |
When someone bills you, they send you a piece of paper or electronic message that says how much you have to pay them for something. [1/4 definitions] |
bow1 |
When you bow, you bend your head or top half of your body forward. When you bow, it sends a message to other people. Sometimes bowing means "Thank you," and sometimes it means "Hello. I show respect to you." Sometimes it means "Yes, I will do what you asked." [1/2 definitions] |
cable |
a message sent under the ocean by cable. [2/5 definitions] |
card1 |
A card is a thick piece of paper that you write a message on. Often a card has a picture or pictures on it too. [1/3 definitions] |
collect |
paid by the person who receives the message. [1/5 definitions] |
communication |
a message. [1/3 definitions] |
concern |
When something concerns you, it has to do with you. It matters to you, affects you, or is about you. When one thing concerns another thing, it is about that thing in some way. A message that concerns a package, for example, is a message that says something about a package. [1/5 definitions] |
dispatch |
a message sent with speed, such as a news bulletin. [1/2 definitions] |
electronic mail |
a written message sent between people from a computer in one location to a computer in another location; e-mail. |
email |
a written message sent from one computer to another; electronic mail. [2/4 definitions] |
feeling |
If you have a pain in your foot, your foot sends a message to your brain that says, "I'm hurting!" That message is called a feeling. If someone's fingers get very, very cold, they sometimes stop sending any message to the brain at all. When that happens, we say that there is no feeling in those fingers or that the fingers have lost feeling. [1/5 definitions] |
greeting |
(plural) a message of friendliness or respect. [1/2 definitions] |
hear |
When you hear from someone, you get a phone call, message, or letter from them. If you hear about something, it means that somebody has reported or told you about it. [1/5 definitions] |
interjection |
An interjection is one word or a short phrase that we use to show some feeling or give a special short message. Words like "ouch," "hello," "hey," and "thanks" are interjections. |
letter |
a written message, usually sent through the mail. [1/3 definitions] |
line1 |
a very short written message; letter. [1/11 definitions] |
mandate |
the command or message given to an elected official by the votes of the people. [1/3 definitions] |
memorandum |
a written message between two workers or groups of workers in the same business or other organization. [1/2 definitions] |
message |
spoken or written information sent from one person or group to another. [3/4 definitions] |