messaging

«messaging» in Mova's school dictionary: the way a politician or company shapes what they say to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

phrase (noun, uncountable: messaging; verb message)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, jargon) the way a politician or company shapes what they say to make people think a certain way; spin or propaganda. tree →

2) (literal) sending text or online messages. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by political advisers and marketers to describe spin neutrally. In everyday life, it means texting. Register: jargon (sense 1), everyday (sense 2); all regions.

examples

• The party worked on its messaging before the election. tree →
• News: The company's messaging about prices was misleading. tree →
• Chat: messaging my mates on the app tree →
• The campaign's messaging focused on safety. tree →
• Messaging apps let you send photos and voice notes. tree →

note

In politics it can hide propaganda; in daily life, it's just texting. Plain words: spin, or texting.

In the corpora

• "Messaging" means propaganda or spin.
• Blocking stops a person messaging you or seeing you on that app; most apps don't tell them they were blocked.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «messaging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.