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1.0
- noun
- /meɪl/
- Texting
- After sending the report by mail, I received a confirmation reply within minutes.
- electronic mail
- mail and email
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Watch on YouTubeIt's time to close your e-mail and write out your To Do List.
- It's time to close your e-mail and write out your To Do List.
- We all know about my ongoing war with spam mail that I didn't sign up for e-mail.
- You know what, all those people are taking their emails off of IMDb Pro.
- And as people were being invited to this, there was emails that were being shuttled back and forth.
- We've got and just e-mail and nominate a single father.
- Well, search engine, maps, mail, Android and Chrome.
- I'd never gotten mail from people saying you think that's dirty?
- The second thing is when you refer to via emails or texts to me.
Examples
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She checks her mail every day to see if there are any new messages.
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I received an important mail from my boss this morning.
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Your hate mail box is full.
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- You reading my mail again?
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Do I have any mail?
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My fan mail changed to hate mail, and the other actors seemed to avoid me.
Fiction book (1997) -
We attempted to recruit all potential case participants by telephone, by mail, or in person.
Academic text (2011) -
Like most of us in today's world, faculty are inundated with mail and e-mail.
Academic text (2015) -
I maintained regular contact with Xu Tong through mail and sometimes erratically through electronic mail.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
A message sent over the internet to another person
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1.0
A message sent over the internet to another person
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1.0
A message sent by email over the internet
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1.0
A message that someone sends by computer to another person over the internet
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2.8
A way to send messages and documents between computers over the Internet
Idioms
Compounds
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3.2
A phone service that lets people leave messages and hear them later when no one answers
- Texting
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2.8
A way to send messages and documents between computers over the Internet
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1.0
An official system that sends letters and packages between places, often run by the government
- Texting
5
2.8
An online service that sends, receives, and stores electronic messages for users
- Formal
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3.2
Mail the post office records and sends with extra security and a signature on delivery
- Formal
2
2.2
A fast mail service for letters and small packages that is delivered before other mail
- Archaic
1
3.5
A train carriage where postal workers sort and carry mail while the train moves
- Texting
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3.3
Large amounts of email sent at once to many people, often ads or unwanted messages
- Archaic
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9.9
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 Much
- Texting
1
3.3
- Texting
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mail for electronic messages borrows the old word for postal letters; when computers came people called messages 'electronic mail' or email because they act like letters sent by the post. That's why we still say 'check your mail' when we mean email.