Messaging

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The activity of sending and receiving informational content through written text utilizes digital technologies for direct interaction and communication
2. The process of exchanging messages involves creating and receiving textual content through digital means and platforms for efficient communication
3. The process of exchanging written information between parties typically via electronic devices

Etymology: "Messaging" is simply "message" with the suffix "-ing" attached, and the suffix is far older than the noun it now sits on. The "-ing" ending descends from a Germanic suffix that turned nouns into words denoting a process or an action, and it was already in use in Old English, where it appeared in forms like "-ung" before settling into the modern spelling. Attaching it to "message" yields a word for the activity of sending and receiving messages, which is how "messaging" is used in the sense given here. The noun "message" itself came into English from Old French, where it was a borrowing of the Latin "missaticum," a word tied to the idea of sending. The root is the same one behind "mission" and "missile," all of which describe something being thrown or dispatched.

Synonyms: communicating, corresponding, contacting, notifying, informing

Antonyms: ignoring, disregarding, neglecting