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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#m1)

2) (literal) sending text or online messages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#x1)
- News: The company's messaging about prices was misleading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#x2)
- Chat: messaging my mates on the app [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#x3)
- The campaign's messaging focused on safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#x4)
- Messaging apps let you send photos and voice notes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/#x5)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/12/)
- [Blocking stops a person messaging you or seeing you on that app; most apps don't tell them they were blocked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/481-blocking-muting-and-walking-away/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «messaging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/messaging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.