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/ ˈiːmeɪl /
verb
- to contact (a person) by electronic mail
- to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
/ ē′māl′ /
- A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network. E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received. E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.
- A message or messages sent or received by such a system.
- E-mail has become one of the most widely used aspects of the Internet , because it provides a means of mass communication to almost anywhere in the world at high speed.
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Derived Forms
- ˈe-mailer, noun
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Example Sentences
“For the record, I do not believe unions belong in government—including the police force,” Sherk said in an e-mail.
A phone message for Freundel at his synagogue was not returned, nor was an e-mail to his personal account.
Kushner, in an e-mail, said the reference came to her while she was writing.
Perhaps traditional mail will be revived, replacing e-mail, chats, and SMS.
“Our review was conducted on all publications, not one single publication,” Haney said in an e-mail.
If you come across a long passage that you recognize, e-mail lucy2424 at sbcglobal dot net.
Our e-mail reaches us as it reaches those to whom we send messages, even though most people have no idea how.
Determining the paths of an e-mail message is trivial for a machine, but almost impossible for a human being.
Messages exchanged on the data highways-from e-mail to Web communication-often display the same characteristics of aphasia.
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