Etymology
The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (to send through the mail).
Noun
email (countable and uncountable, plural emails)
- A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.
- He sent me his details via email.
- The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.
- A quantity of messages sent through an email system.
- I am searching through my old email.
- My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GB!
- A message sent through an email system.
- He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
- I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service.
Derived terms
- email account
- email address
- email client
- email list
Verb
email (third-person singular simple present emails, present participle emailing, simple past and past participle emailed)
- To send an email or emails to.
- She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.
- To send (something) through email.
- I'll email you the link.
- He emailed the file out to everyone.
- To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.
- Most teenagers seem to spend almost the whole day emailing and surfing the Web.
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