electronic mail

American  

noun

1. email.

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electronic mail British  

noun

1. Abbreviation: e-mail.   email.   E-mail.  the transmission and distribution of messages, information, facsimiles of documents, etc, from one computer terminal to another

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Etymology

Origin of electronic mail

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

And, bizarrely, it forbids email service providers from filtering spam, allowing users to collect $25,000 every day that their provider blocks “the transmission of an unsolicited or commercial electronic mail message.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2022

“Yes, the Sterling penalty was softish, but it was not overturned,” writes Ben Notcutt on electronic mail.

From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2021

"There was no indication during any communications between the Town and the association by telephone or electronic mail that this submission required emergency action by the Town of Surfside."

From Fox News • Jul. 4, 2021

“There was no indication during any communications between the Town and the association by telephone or electronic mail that this submission required emergency action by the Town of Surfside.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 4, 2021

Lots... of programs use the Internet: electronic mail, for example, was around long before the global hypertext system I invented and called the World Wide Web.”

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman