SMS

American

abbreviation

Digital Technology.
1. short message service: a system for sending short text messages, as from one cell phone to another or from a computer to a cell phone.
2. a message sent by SMS; a text message.
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite.

SMS British

abbreviation

short message service: a system used for sending text messages to and from mobile phones

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noun

a text message sent using SMS

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verb

to send a text message using SMS (to)

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Example Sentences

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“Allen said I could knock off a daily chapter with 2 SMs and be done with a whole novel in a month.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2011

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