electronic mail
5
2.8
- noun
- /ɪˌlɛktrɒnɪk meɪl/
- Texting
:
correo electrónico
- The first electronic mail message was sent in 1972, and volume has increased untold times since then.
- send via electronic mail
- electronic mail message
- use electronic mail
Examples
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All this information was transmitted by electronic mail to Warwickshire.
Academic text (1994) -
Respondents were asked about communication via electronic mail, telephone, and other modes of communication.
Academic text (2003) -
-You never returned my electronic mail.
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We invite you to contact us and welcome your calls, letters, and electronic mail.
Blog text (14) -
A number of projects linking schools by electronic mail have been initiated.
Academic text (1994) -
Adolescents received ten times as much electronic mail as parents and explored the Internet to a greater extent.
Academic text (2009) -
Under Clinton, the Office of Media Liaison has used electronic mail as a way of communicating directly with thousands of citizens every day.
Academic text (2000) -
During the second quarter, the students conducted field research using electronic mail and face-to-face interviews with Japanese tourists.
Academic text (1999) -
Some instructors have class records stored on their home computers and use personal mobile phones to access institution-related electronic mail.
Academic text (2015) -
I often communicate with my friends through electronic mail instead of texting.
Synonyms
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1.0
Messages sent or received over the internet
A way for people to send messages to each other using the internet
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'electronic' (using electronic technology) modifies 'mail' (messages), so a learner can infer it refers to messages sent electronically (i.e., email). This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'correo electrónico'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Electronic mail comes from putting electronic (sent by electricity or computers) together with mail (letters or messages people send). The picture is like sending a letter, but it travels through wires or the Internet instead of by a postman, so it now means 'messages sent between computers'.