ADJ
- important, urgent, vital
- brief, short
- coded, cryptic, scrambled
- secret
- garbled
- email, radio, text
- heartfelt
- The family sent a heartfelt message of thanks to everyone who helped
VERB + MESSAGE
- convey, give sb, pass on, relay
- He's not here?I'll pass on the message
- take
- She's out?can I take a message?
- carry, deliver, take sb
- send, transmit
- leave (sb)
- I left a message for her at reception
- get, receive
- I never got your message
PREP
- ~ about
- There was a message about the meeting
- ~ for
- Are there any messages for me?
- ~ from
- a urgent message from your mother
- ~ of
- They sent messages of hope to prisoners of war
- ~ to
- The message was to your sister, not you
ADJ
- important
- fundamental, main
- clear, simple, unambiguous, unmistakeable
- ambiguous, conflicting, mixed
- powerful, strong
- positive, upbeat
- stark, uncomfortable
- hidden, implicit, subliminal
- stories with hidden moral messages
- anti-drugs, anti-war, etc.
- a party with an anti-immigrant message
- ideological, moral, political, social
VERB + MESSAGE
- spread
- spreading the message of the Bible
- drive home, get/put across
- We need to get this important message across to teenage smokers
- reinforce
MESSAGE + VERB
- emerge
- A clear message is emerging from these government statements
PREP
- ~ of
- The president toured the country spreading the message of national unity