Noun

(head)

English plurals

(plurale tantum, Ireland, Scotland, and, Northern England) groceries

* 1983 , Raymond McClean, The road to Bloody Sunday , page 119:

I was going up the town to buy some messages .

* 1987 , Pulpsmith , volume 6, page 275:

A South African woman, just married to an Irishman and newly arrived in this country, was shocked when her husband told her, "I just saw yer man in the shop when I was getting the messages (groceries)." "My what?" "Yer man. "

Noun

(en noun)

A communication, or what is communicated; any concept or information conveyed.

* Bible, Judges iii. 20

I have a message from God unto thee.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}

An underlying theme or conclusion to be drawn from something.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message : America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}