email message
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- noun
- /ˈiːmeɪl ˈmɛsɪdʒ/
- Texting
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mensaje de correo electrónico
- A follow-up email message was sent one week after the original email message.
- sent an email message
- phishing email messages
Examples
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For additional information, please send an email message to the Gallery of Nations Administrator.
Academic text (2007) -
The electronic discussion group and project-related email messages were reviewed.
Academic text (2007) -
For additional information on joining one of the Study Groups, please send an email message to the Director.
Academic text (2007) -
Sometimes you want to send out an email message, but you're not ready yet.
Blog text (21) -
You've got an email message, but we haven't set up your address yet.
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Most phishing email messages use social techniques rather than technical tricks to fool end users.
Academic text (2012) -
We sent email messages asking potential participants to respond to the survey and then sent periodic reminders.
Academic text (2017) -
The Chronicle obtained hundreds of email messages sent to Ms. Click's university account after filing a public records request.
Academic text (2016) -
The president communicated information about the CCB at campus gatherings and periodically through email messages to all college employees.
Academic text (2010) -
For additional information, please send an email message to the Gallery of Nations Administrator.
Synonyms
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A message sent over the internet to another person
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Messages sent or received over the internet
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A message sent by email over the internet
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A short written note sent by phone or email
A message sent over the internet to another person
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a message sent electronically' is directly and fully derivable from combining 'e-mail' (an electronic message) with 'message' (a communication); the phrase is essentially compositional and somewhat tautological. This construction follows common cross-linguistic compounding patterns for communication media, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The phrase email message comes from the words email, short for 'electronic mail', and message, so imagine a modern letter that travels invisibly through wires and the internet instead of being carried by post. That's why it means 'a message sent electronically'.