sms

/ˌɛs ɛm ˈɛs/

noun 7name 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

short, used, used

She sent him a short SMS message asking if he could pick up groceries on the way home.

VERB + SMS

am, means, named, phone, send, write, writing, written

I'll send you an SMS with the meeting details tomorrow morning.

SMS + NOUN

authentication, device, panther, tom, twitter

The bank sent me an SMS authentication code to verify my login.

PREP.

on, through

I sent him a message on SMS because I couldn't reach him by phone.

Definitions

name

Initialism of short message service: a system enabling cell phones to send or receive text messages.

The second spot, “One Thing,” shows the unlikely custom car shop workin', musclebound dude-bro, who loves his iPhone because it consolidates the iPod, camera, cell phone and SMS device he used to carry around in “a little bag.”

As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.

noun

A text message sent using the short message service.

The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.

Initialism of special mint set.

Initialism of salesman sample.

Initialism of Smith-Magenis syndrome.

Initialism of short man syndrome.

verb

To send a message on a cell phone via short message service.

I SMSed him and asked why he was late.

I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

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Wiktionary

As of 2021, only 2.6% of Twitter users had a 2FA method enabled – and of those, 74.4% used SMS authentication, a Twitter account security report said.

Wiktionary

The Empower Interactive survey found that more than 7 of 10 cellphone users considered any form of unsolicited SMSs, or text messages, unacceptable.

Wiktionary

I SMSed him and asked why he was late.

Wiktionary

I can't talk to her: she is too busy SMSing her friends.

Wiktionary

Even my grandma can send an SMS.

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