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Common collocations with message in American Collocation

message noun

US /ˈmesɪdʒ/

brief
cryptic
important
secret
urgent

There was a cryptic message left at the scene of the crime, which the police were unable to decipher.

answerphone
email
mail
phone
radio
SMS
telephone
text
voice
voicemail

I had a voicemail message from my mother saying that she was arriving that evening.

send a message

leave (someone)
post
record
send (someone)

He had left me a message on my voicemail asking me to call him immediately.

You can send messages to his family and friends through his tribute website.

get a message

get
receive

Callers phoning out of hours will receive a message asking them to phone back within normal working hours.

write a message

compose
write

He wrote a wonderful little message for the children on the back of the postcard.

read or listen to a message

listen to
open
read
retrieve

Simply open your message and you will notice two options side by side towards the bottom.

To retrieve your voicemail messages, dial 2580.

pass a message to someone else

forward
give someone
pass on
relay
take

I’m afraid John’s not here. Can I give him a message?

She’s out of the office. Can I take a message?

see if anyone has left a message for you

check

He had been too busy check the messages on his phone.

take a message from one place to another

carry
convey
transmit

His job was to carry messages from the general to the troops.