Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

private message

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

Syllables: pri-vate mes-sage
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.

verb

To send a private message.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"By then I was receiving dozens of private messages in the game every hour from players I had never met who could see that my guildmate and I were out front: “OMG how did you level so fast?,” “Hey you must have a lot of gold, can I have some?” and of course “You guys are huge nerds.”"

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

private messages (plural) private messages (present, singular) private messaging (participle, present) private messaged (participle, past) private messaged (past)

Frequently Paired Words

private-message

Synonyms

PM direct message personal message whisper

Questions

What does private message mean?: A message sent to another user of a social media or chat platform through a private channel as opposed to a publicly accessible area or chatroom.

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