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- noun
- /meɪl/
- Stamp collecting has lost its luster as few people send letters in the mail anymore.
- send by mail
- mail service
- deliver by mail
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Watch on YouTubeI think leftover from the Postal Service days when they started doing mail by plane.
- I think leftover from the Postal Service days when they started doing mail by plane.
- Stamp collecting has lost its luster as few people send letters in the mail anymore.
- So there are mail audits where all the correspondence is done via mail.
- And in COVID times, we know that it's about who can vote by mail.
- You can't get mail in unless it's checked out.
- Basically, strip sets change cells, your mail's going out, your mail going missing all the time.
Examples
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Then the IRS will send you the stimulus check via the mail instead.
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The mail carrier delivers packages and letters every morning.
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Yeah, they came in the mail Friday.
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From now on you got to get your mail down there, okay?
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You got some mail there, too.
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Mine says Taylor on it because they sent this in the mail forever ago.
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Teachers received the measures in the mail approximately one week prior to the scheduled data collection period.
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Families returned the consent form and survey by mail or in person if they wished to participate.
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Many countries have privatized their mail systems in whole or in part.
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Consequently, we completed a mail survey of shark anglers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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Letters and packages that are delivered to people
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A system that sends and delivers letters and packages
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Letters and packages that are sent and delivered by the postal service
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An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government
Idioms
Compounds
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A phone service that lets people leave messages and hear them later when no one answers
- Texting
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A way to send messages and documents between computers over the Internet
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An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government
- Texting
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An online service that sends, receives, and stores electronic messages for users
- Formal
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Mail the post office records and sends with extra security and a signature on delivery
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A fast mail service for letters and small packages that is delivered before other mail
- Archaic
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A train carriage where postal workers sort and carry mail while the train moves
- Texting
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Large amounts of email sent at once to many people, often ads or unwanted messages
- Archaic
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A piece of clothing with small metal rings linked together that protects the body in battle
- Specialized
A sea animal with eight overlapping hard plates that clings to rocks
How Fast
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mail for the postal system comes from the same old word for a bag that carried letters, and in time the whole delivery service took that name. So when people say 'the mail' they mean the system that moves those bags and their contents.