fax

American  

[faks] / fæks /

noun

1. facsimile.

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adjective

1. facsimile.

verb (used with object)

1. to transmit a facsimile of (printed matter, photographs, or the like) electronically.

   Fax the information to all our branch offices.

fax British  

/ fæks /

noun

1. Also: fax machine.  short for facsimile machine

2. short for facsimile transmission

3. a message or document sent by fax

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verb

1. (tr) to send (a message, document, etc) by fax

Etymology

Origin of fax

By shortening and respelling

Example Sentences

It was a work phone with a small touch screen, email and fax capabilities and a scheduler; it weighed a full pound.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I never visited his island, never flew on his planes, and never saw him with young girls... I have been subjected to harassment, false accusations and threats via email, telephone and fax.”

From Los Angeles Times

I should have listened to Dad’s accountant, who urged me to fax the forms.

From The Wall Street Journal

It made a fortune in international long-distance calls in the 1980s as businesses faxed documents, bypassing FedEx.

From The Wall Street Journal

One hundred and eighty years after the first fax machines started grinding out messages, three NHS trusts in England are still using the technology.

From BBC

Related Words

• copy
• transmission