fax
- noun
- /fæks/
- Discrepancies are corrected via telephone or fax communication with the local office.
- a fax machine
- a fax modem
And a couple weeks later, she saw the light blinking on her fax machine and listened to it.
- And a couple weeks later, she saw the light blinking on her fax machine and listened to it.
- One of those was sales because she had actually been selling fax machines, yes, fax machines, door to door for seven years prior to getting this idea.
- CNBCCNBC, by the way, has a fax machine and they get fax instructions from some.
- fax machine and Federal Express wrote off their investment because the fax machine could do it
- If financial aid you wish to get find yourself a gigapet, they have to use Netscape and fax machines.
Examples
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Indeed, I had to resort to telephone and fax numbers for my trip.
Academic text (1993) -
Can I use your fax machine?
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I have a fax machine.
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A fax is coming in for you.
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Often, a quick phone call or fax may be faster than email.
Academic text (1993) -
We just got a fax.
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A single sheet of paper comes out of the fax machine, face down.
Fiction book (1996) -
I'll have direct fax capability and the ability to move documents back and forth.
Academic text (1993) -
You're not gonna die without a phone and fax machine.
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The office has a reliable fax machine that can send documents quickly.
Synonyms
A machine that sends and receives copies of documents over a phone line
A machine that copies a document and sends it by phone
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fax comes from the longer word facsimile, from Latin fac + simile meaning 'make similar'. So a fax machine makes a copy and sends it over the phone.