text-message
verb/ˈtekst mesɪdʒ/
/ˈtekst mesɪdʒ/
(also more frequent text)
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they text-message | /ˈtekst mesɪdʒ/ /ˈtekst mesɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it text-messages | /ˈtekst mesɪdʒɪz/ /ˈtekst mesɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple text-messaged | /ˈtekst mesɪdʒd/ /ˈtekst mesɪdʒd/ |
| past participle text-messaged | /ˈtekst mesɪdʒd/ /ˈtekst mesɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form text-messaging | /ˈtekst mesɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈtekst mesɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- text-message (somebody) (something) to send somebody a written message using a mobile phone
- I text-messaged him to say we were waiting in the pub.
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