//ˈiːmeɪl// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of email. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"I finally figured out what e-mail is for. it's for communicating with people you'd rather not talk to."
- 2 (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in wordnet
- 3 a message sent over the internet via the email system wordnet
- 4 an identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system wordnet
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of email. alt-of, alternative
"In a poll released last week, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 58 percent of drivers consider other motorists talking on a cellphone to be a very serious threat and that 87 percent consider motorists e-mailing or texting to be such a threat."
- 2 communicate electronically on the computer wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"Would you please send me details of your products via e-mail as an attachment?"
Related phrases
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