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instant message
[ in-stuhnt mes-ij ]
noun
- an electronic message sent in real time via the internet and therefore immediately available for display on the recipient's screen. Compare text message.
verb (used without object)
- to send such an electronic message. : IM Compare text ( def 16 ).
instant message
noun
- a message sent using instant-messaging technology
verb
- to send an instant message (to)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of instant message1
First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences
And we would instant message each other and have a conversation about our days.
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But because that was the 19th century, kids only instant message.
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A woman, home alone at night, receives an instant message from a mysterious stranger who claims to know her.
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Several years ago, a congressional probe unearthed a classic instant message exchange between S&P employees.
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And Samaritans recently launched IM Hear, a service in which trained teens instant-message with struggling peers.
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