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to mail out

to mail out

6 3.0
To send things by mail to many people
  • phrasal verb
  • /meɪl aʊt/
translation icon : enviar por correo
  • Kinda reminds me, I gotta mail out some bills before the end of the month.
  • mailing out surveys
  • mailed out questionnaires

Most recently, he sent an e-mail out to the MAGA nation.

Examples

  • Questionnaires were mailed out to all 158 employees in one branch of a large industrial organization in Israel.

    Academic text (2002)

  • About 105 surveys were mailed out, but only 43 were returned, resulting in a 41% response rate.

    Academic text (2011)

  • When do you have to mail out the birthday card?

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I'll have my girl mail it out this afternoon.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Did you mail out those invitations for me?

    Love, Wedding, Marriage (2011)

  • Today I mailed out "I'm Thankful For..." cards and sent messages to several others.

    Blog text (19)

  • I'm mailing out invitations for two weeks from Saturday night.

    Blood Feast (1963)

  • Could there have been some terrible mistake when they mailed out the scores of the LSATs?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Replacement kits will be mailed out starting in mid-December.

    Blog text (23)

  • Last year, the credit card industry mailed out five billion solicitations to potential customers.

Synonyms

to send
vsto mail out
∞ 1.0

Make a letter, package, or email go to another person

focuses on postal mass distribution rather than any single act of sending
to send out
vsto mail out
376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

is specifically about using postal routes for wide distribution
to mail
vsto mail out
247 1.0

To send letters and packages by the postal service

is used mainly when reaching a large group rather than single recipients
to post
vsto mail out
  • UK
127 1.0

To send a letter or package to someone by mail

is focused on sending out broadly to many recipients rather than single deliveries
to ship out
vsto mail out
20 3.5

To send goods to customers by mail or truck

uses postal routes for sending to many recipients rather than freight delivery
to send off
vsto mail out
9 2.9

To post or email something to another place

is used when the action targets many recipients rather than a single destination
to push out
vsto mail out
  • Jargon
8 3.5

To send updates or new content to users over the internet

refers to physical postal sending to many recipients, not electronic releases
to send away
vsto mail out
6 1.9

Make something go to another place by post

is broader, often implying bulk distribution to many people
to blast
vsto mail out
  • Jargon
6 3.8

To send the same message to many people at once

uses physical mail channels for mass distribution rather than electronic blasts
to send around
vsto mail out
5 3.2

Give a copy of something to each person in a group, for example by email

emphasizes sending widely through postal channels rather than simple sharing
to e-mail
vsto mail out
  • Texting
1.3

To send a message to someone using the internet

relies on physical postal delivery for distributing items to many recipients

How Wide

to broadcast
81 3.0
to blast
  • Jargon
6 3.8
to mail out
6 3.0
to circulate
103 3.9
to send
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

mail out infinitive
mailed out past
mailed out past participle
mailing out present participle
mails out third person singular

Morphology

mail + out

The meaning 'to send something by mail' is directly derivable from 'mail' (to send by post) combined with the particle 'out', which here conveys distribution to recipients. The use of 'out' to indicate sending/distributing is a common, productive pattern in English (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should understand this sense.

Etymology

The phrasal verb mail out comes from the simple image of putting mail, such as letters or packages, into the post to be sent out. So, because people often did this to many addresses at once, it means 'to send by mail, often to a large group'.