variants
or e-mail
1
: a means or system for transmitting messages electronically (as between computers on a network)
communicating by email
2
a
: messages sent and received electronically through an email system
receives a lot of email
b
plural emails or e-mails
: an email message
sent him an email
variants
or e-mail
emailed or e-mailed; emailing or e-mailing; emails or e-mails
1
: to send email to (someone)
She emailed her mom.
2
: to send (something) by email
I'll email the documents tomorrow.
: to communicate by email
As I write this, a colleague who takes an amateur interest in tracking the weather emailed to say it would be "among the hottest days of 2019 so far, if not #1."—
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
But in an email to members shared with NPR, the organization said that event will be delayed until Jan. 19.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Anyone with video or pictures related to the shooting may email them to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Noun
What Happens Next Newsweek reached out to the Mexican foreign ministry for additional comment via email on Friday afternoon.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
But in an email to members shared with NPR, the organization said that event will be delayed until Jan. 19.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Anyone with video or pictures related to the shooting may email them to cidvideos@oaklandca.gov.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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