direct message

Speech parts

1. direct message - Noun

2. direct message - Verb

Meaning

direct message (plural direct messages)

(Internet) Synonym of private message.
Synonym: (initialism) DM

direct message (third-person singular simple present direct messages, present participle direct messaging, simple past and past participle direct messaged)

(Internet) Synonym of private message.
Synonym: (initialism) DM

Alternative names

direct-message

Examples

Any illness is a direct message to you that tells you how you have not been loving who you are, cherishing yourself in order to be who you are. This is the basis of all healing. Barbara Brennan

Now we're e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings. Susan Orlean

Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the teacher by watching from behind his back. The whole teacher-master thing is part of Asian culture, I think. Takashi Murakami

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