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• a variation of email.

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

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e-mail

The airport group said the e-mail addresses obtained by the hackers came from passengers signing up to the airports' on-site WiFi.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"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

The DUP even made it the subject of its weekly e-mail to members, headlined: "Never afraid to speak up and speak out."

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

If the person whose box they checked also checked their box, both daters would be notified of the other’s e-mail address within twenty-four hours.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell