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Gmail

Gmail

29 1.4
A free email service from Google for sending and receiving messages
  • proper noun
  • Texting
: Gmail
  • I check my emails every morning using my Gmail account.
  • Gmail account
  • use Gmail

And then she locks everybody out from their Gmail account, right?

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Examples

  • Signing up is as simple as logging in with a Gmail address and password.

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  • She received an important email in her Gmail inbox today.

  • You create a brand new Gmail account that no one knows.

  • Well, I went to Gmail, and it pulled up your account.

  • So, if that person has a Gmail account, they just basically go into Gmail.

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  • Can you actually just like, send this to my Gmail?

  • QCSD students have access to Gmail to stay in constant contact with their teachers.

    Academic text (2015)
  • If parents find the school-based email system to be awkward, Gmail or similar email accounts can be used.

    Academic text (2014)
  • To register for the event, please provide your Gmail address.

Synonyms

mail
vsGmail
  • Texting
∞ 1.0

Messages sent or received over the internet

is a branded web based service used to send and receive those messages
email
vsGmail
  • Texting
125 1.0

A system for sending messages over the internet

focuses on a single web based service rather than the whole system
e-mail
vsGmail
  • Texting
123 1.0

A way for people to send messages to each other using the internet

is a particular web based provider rather than the general messaging system
webmail
vsGmail
  • Texting
1 3.6

An email service you use in a web browser to read and send messages

is one specific well known provider of that browser based service

Surface Forms

Gmail main

Morphology

Gmail = mail (semi-transparent) = G + mail

The service name is formed from the initialism 'G' (Google) + 'mail'; the category 'mail' is clear but the 'G' element requires brand knowledge.

Etymology

The name Gmail combines G ('Google') and mail ('post' or 'email'), so Gmail is the web email service Google offers for sending and keeping messages.