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e-mail

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noun
1.
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals.
2.
a message sent by e-mail: Send me an e-mail on the idea.
verb (used with object)
3.
to send a message to by e-mail.

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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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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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email
a type of pottery design pattern, c.1877, from Fr., lit. "enamel" (see enamel).
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Science Dictionary
e-mail or email   (ē'māl')  Pronunciation Key 

  1. 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.

  2. 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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