- noun
- /ˈiːmeɪl/
- Texting
- I see your email here.
- email address
- email and website
All these numbers, all these emails, no one writes them down.
- All these numbers, all these emails, no one writes them down.
- How did you how did you find Ned's personal e-mail LinkedIn?
- I don't have an e-mail below but get in touch.
- It's been years and Errol doesn't even have Elon's e-mail.
Examples
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I got his number and his email and his address.
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If not, name and e-mail are totally fine.
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Let me just find the e-mail where we talked about it.
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Your mother gave me your email address, and I want to see if mine works.
Fiction book (2001) -
I think they got a hold of my email address at work too.
Fiction book (2002) -
No, I haven't checked my email in a while.
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Students would have enjoyed more face-to-face time with their email pals, but time differences made that difficult.
Academic text (2013) -
I encourage all chapters and members to send in notices to this column via email to: jzaia@juno.com.
Academic text (1999) -
OK, check your email.
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You need to provide your email address to receive the newsletter.
Synonyms
A unique name used to send and receive email, like user@example.com
A special name people use to send and receive messages online
The address people give others so they can send messages online
Idioms
- Informal
A comment that a meeting is unnecessary because the information can be sent by email
Compounds
- Texting
A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet
- Texting
An email that asks you to forward it to many people, often with threats or promises
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Email can also mean the address you use to get messages, because the word for the message came to mean the place where messages arrive. So your email is the address others use to send you messages by computer.