message center

noun

1. an office or other area where incoming and outgoing messages, mail, etc., are received and transmitted, as by telephone, computer, or messenger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of message center¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

The hastily organized message center was the focus of frantic activity.

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I just had a call from Message Center not five minutes ago, telling me to have you call in if you showed up.

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Probably set up by the same man who had designed Message Center itself.

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He could see an irregular flickering, like a cigarette lighter, in the Message Center Room.

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Bennington seated himself and turned the intercom switch to Message Center.

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