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e-mail

e-mail

1.0
A way for people to send messages to each other using the internet
  • noun
  • /ˈiːˌmeɪl/
  • Texting
translation icon : correo electrónico
  • And I, I mean, I've communicated with him via e-mail and text.

You've got to look at Google Adwords or e-mail or, you know, YouTube.

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Examples

  • I'm responding over e-mail to the offer.

  • I received an important e-mail from my professor regarding my final grades.

  • From e-mail to e-mail, just so that you can get it out.

  • And so I it's a very simple thing, but I never draft an e-mail response in an e-mail app.

  • Well, the complaint claims that there are detailed e-mail records relating to that payment too.

  • I know because I get a lot of e-mail from people from Mastery.

  • I mean, the best route in, I would say is either via our website, via e-mail or socials.

  • She prefers to communicate with her clients through e-mail rather than phone calls.

  • After sending the e-mail, he waited for a reply to confirm the meeting time.

Synonyms

email
vse-mail
  • Texting
220 1.0

A system for sending messages over the internet

is the hyphenated written form used in older or formal writing
mail
vse-mail
  • Texting
203 1.0

Messages sent or received over the internet

is the system used to send and manage those messages
electronic mail
vse-mail
  • Texting
5 2.8

A way to send messages and documents between computers over the Internet

is the hyphenated short form of that formal phrase
1 2.9

Sending messages and information using computers or the Internet

is a specific system for sending messages, not the general transfer of information
electronic messaging
vse-mail
  • Texting
3.1

Sending and receiving messages by computer or phone

is the system used to send messages rather than the activity itself

Antonyms

snail mail
  • Informal
7 3.4

Letters and packages that are sent and delivered by the postal service

How Fast

messaging
  • Texting
44 2.6
e-mail
  • Texting
1.0

Surface Forms

e-mail singular
emails plural
emails plural
email singular

Morphology

e-mail = mail (transparent) = e + mail

The prefix 'e-' denotes 'electronic' and combines directly with the common noun 'mail' to mean electronic mail.

Etymology

The word e-mail comes from e- meaning 'electronic' and mail meaning the post you send. So e-mail is a system for sending and receiving post using computers and networks.