e-mail

British  

/ ˈiːmeɪl /

noun

1. short for electronic mail

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verb

1. to contact (a person) by electronic mail

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

e-mail Scientific  

/ ē′māl′ /

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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e-mail Cultural  

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.

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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

"The President has directed federal agencies to review interpretive materials to ensure accuracy, honesty, and alignment with shared national values," the department told AFP by e-mail.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington D.C., said via e-mail that the two leaders would discuss “major issues concerning China-U.S. relations and world peace and development.”

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Updates to the file were then made over the phone, and not discussed via e-mail, according to Higgins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

"It was absolutely brilliant because instead of checking my phone and going on social media, I was checking my e-mail every five seconds," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

But maybe one lady in particular, because he turns down dinner at Mrs. Quaker’s house, and shortly after that, Annabelle gets a glimpse of his e-mail, and sees Dawn Celeste’s name and name and name.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti