SMS

abbreviation or noun

ˌes-ˌem-ˈes

: a technology for sending short text messages between mobile phones

Although driven by teens and young adults who seemingly aren't satisfied with online instant messaging, SMS can be very useful for sending urgent messages to family members or co-workers.—

Consumer Reports

—often used before another noun

Creative, colorful, and sometimes perplexing, emoji add energy to SMS messages.—

Christina Bonnington

also : a message sent using this technology : text message

… is helping to test a device that implants sensors in cows to let farmers know when they are in heat. When that is the case, the device sends an SMS to the farmer's phone. —

John Tagliabue

Examples of SMS in a Sentence

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The test was launched during the 2024 holiday season and demonstrated that RCS more than doubled revenue per send compared to traditional SMS/MMS campaigns. —

Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025 This early intervention can save companies thousands, if not millions, of dollars in SMS delivery costs. —

Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025 Those recipients can chat with you through said app, or receive and respond via bog-standard SMS. —

New Atlas, 10 Jan. 2025 WhatsApp and Signal pass the test, Telegram, RCS messages between Android and iPhone, and all SMS messages do not. —

Zak Doffman, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for SMS