diff --git a/src/types/messageformat.d.ts b/src/types/messageformat.d.ts
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+declare module "messageformat" {
+  type Msg = (data: object) => string;
+
+  interface MessageFormat {
+    constructor(locale: string);
+    compile(message: string): Msg;
+  }
+
+  export default MessageFormat;
+}
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