e-mail

/ ˈiːmeɪl /

noun

1. short for electronic mail

verb

1. to contact (a person) by electronic mail

2. to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail

e-mail

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.

e-mail

1. 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.

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

Other Word Forms

• e-mailer noun

Example Sentences

In the days after the assault, police spoke with the parents of the teens involved and fielded numerous phone calls, e-mails and videos from the scene submitted by the community as calls for accountability intensified.

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A church spokeswoman did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment on Monday.

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“He calls me the day before the meeting,” says one of his e-mail friends, himself a professional money manager.

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"He'll e-mail and say, 'I don't know where to stay tonight. Can I come over?'"

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In an e-mail to States members, the Guernsey politician she said she was stepping down "for personal reasons".

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