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inbox

inbox

42 1.8
A digital place where you receive new emails and messages
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌbɑks/
  • Texting
translation icon : bandeja de entrada
  • By that evening, her email inbox was overflowing.
  • email inbox

What is your step by step inbox management triage?

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Examples

  • When subscribing, please check your inbox and click the link to complete activation.

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  • Did you leave your inbox empty or was it full?

  • Please check your e-mail inbox tomorrow morning.

  • So do keep an eye on your inbox for all the new things happening.

    ZOE
  • I remember receiving a note in my inbox from Don.

  • Did you check your inbox?

  • Receive an update straight to your inbox every time I publish something new.

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  • When I woke up the next morning, my inbox was flooded with responses from around the world.

  • For many, it boils down to using the inbox as a to-do list.

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  • Please check your e-mail inbox tomorrow morning.

Synonyms

mailbox
vsinbox
  • Texting
22 1.6

A place on your phone or computer where new email messages are kept

focuses mainly on receiving and storing messages rather than managing them

Surface Forms

inbox singular
inboxes plural

Morphology

inbox = box (semi-transparent) = in + box

The parts suggest a box or place for things coming in, but the specific office and digital sense is a conventional extension rather than a fully predictable literal meaning. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Inbox is made of in- (meaning 'in' or 'into') and box, so think of a real box where new mail is put; on computers this became the folder that holds incoming messages, which is why an inbox is where new emails arrive.