text messaging

noun

: the sending of short text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another

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While online shopping has caused an uptick in usage, less letters are being sent likely due to the modern age of instant text messaging and emails. Claire Grant, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025 What was said during the confidential group chat? Tuesday, March 11 Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg receives a connection request on Signal – a nonprofit encrypted commercial text messaging service – from a user identified as Michael Waltz. George Petras, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025 Business text messaging has continued to affirm its role as a staple in customer engagement. Aaron Alter, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 On Tuesday, Google announced that its next batch of feature updates would support everyday text messaging to non-emergency folks on those Pixel phones for T-Mobile and Verizon. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for text messaging

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of text messaging was in 1982

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“Text messaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/text%20messaging. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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text messaging

noun
text mes·​sag·​ing
-ˈmes-i-jiŋ
: the sending of text messages electronically especially from one cell phone to another

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