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noun

a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals.

a message sent by e-mail: Send me an e-mail on the idea.

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verb (used with object)

to send a message to by e-mail.

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chat, to converse

to bark; yelp.

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Also, E-mail, email.

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Example Sentences

Holding one's breath unconsciously while reading an email.

Email allows us to transfer information quickly and saves us from having to go to a different website to stay updated.

Jobs by email is easy to set up and could give you a valuable edge in finding your next job.

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Holding one's breath unconsciously while reading an email.

Email allows us to transfer information quickly and saves us from having to go to a different website to stay updated.

Jobs by email is easy to set up and could give you a valuable edge in finding your next job.

Discussions about the firings took place by email outside official government channels.

Instead, the email client connects to the email service and sends and receives email through the service.

Throw in an email campaign and you're really juggling standards.

At the same time, an overly aggressive approach can be disastrous, trapping legitimate email as false positives.

The email account that you tried to reach does not exist.

The true syntactical model for the verbs tweet, email et al might be not be write, but tell or even say.

Email is not the means by which you tell someone that you want to marry them, or that you want to fire them.

The company will update its service to close a vulnerability that puts email accounts at risk.

Voice email is spreading by word of mouth as fast as a game of telephone.

My email server operates differently on my home computer than the one at work.

Submit your name and email address in the space provided.

We will make every effort to answer your queries and will reply to you via email within two business days.

And, one of my chief places for inspiration, ideas and great discussion is the email list.

The agency says it has already taken steps to limit access by managers to employee email.

Throughout the day, the student might log in from the dorm and read email.

It marks these email with a flag and then the manager can read the.

If you have already sent a letter or email to me please send another email.

Why not try our job search or use the jobs by email facility above.

Email these people and tell them why you're angry that you haven't seen my new video.

Email is still, somehow, a gummed and sealed paper mail envelope.

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World English Dictionary

e-mail or email (ˈiːmeɪl)

—n
1.	short for electronic mail

—vb
2.	to contact (a person) by electronic mail
3.	to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail

email or email

—n

—vb

'e-mailer or email

—n

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Word Origin & History

e-mail

1982, short for electronic mail (1977; see mail (1)); this led to the contemptuous application of snail mail (1983) to the old system.

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Science Dictionary

e-mail or email (ē'māl') Pronunciation Key

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.

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Cultural Dictionary

e-mail (electronic mail)

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.

Note: The proliferation of spam and the transmission of computer viruses through e-mail attachments are two of the more problematic aspects of this technology.

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Computing Dictionary

e-mail definition

electronic mail

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

e-mail
electronic mail

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