email

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noun

variants or e-mail
1
: a means or system for transmitting messages electronically (as between computers on a network)
communicating by email
2
a
: messages sent and received electronically through an email system
receives a lot of email
b
plural emails or e-mails : an email message
sent him an email

email

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verb

variants or e-mail
emailed or e-mailed; emailing or e-mailing; emails or e-mails

transitive verb

1
: to send email to (someone)
She emailed her mom.
2
: to send (something) by email
I'll email the documents tomorrow.

intransitive verb

: to communicate by email
As I write this, a colleague who takes an amateur interest in tracking the weather emailed to say it would be "among the hottest days of 2019 so far, if not #1."Nina Metz

Examples of email in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In response to emails and a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Capital & Main, the FBI declined to answer questions on the specifics of its surveillance strategies, or their impact on the health of the community. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024 While there is no stream minimum or vetting process to qualify for a share of the excess, eligible artists must be human—not a corporation or a fully generative artificial intelligence, as Krukowski noted in an email to Pitchfork. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2024 Hanna in an email said the company is unable to provide wait times to the public, but the county is working with the vendor to provide this function. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2024 Montalvo did not immediately respond Wednesday afternoon to several requests for comment via phone call, text and email. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024 But at Wednesday’s hearing, Justice Curtis said that Henley had recently handed over more than 6,000 new pages of emails and other disclosures that contained new information about how Sanders came to own the notes. Bill Donahue, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024 Ask our service journalism team your top-of-mind questions in the module below or email servicejournalists@sacbee.com. Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024 The controversy erupted last month when an email written by Scottsdale Planning Commissioner Christian Serena became public. The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 And Stephen Lighthill, a past president of the ASC, wrote in an email to Variety. Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
Verb
Dawson emailed French in December to ask him why the county does not hold joint primary elections, in which voters from either party can use any machine available to cast their ballots. Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024 Comments on opinion articles may be emailed to letters@nytimes.com. New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 Netflix, similarly, rolled out its restrictions last year by emailing users suspected of sharing their login details and telling them users outside the household would be shut out. Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024 Bridget Fogarty can be emailed at bfogarty@gannett.com. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 In defense of Max Muncy Several readers have emailed and are concerned about Max Muncy‘s defense at third. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 The investigation found that Apple banned streaming services from telling users about how much subscription offers cost outside of their apps, including links in their apps to pay for alternative subscriptions or even emailing users to tell them about different pricing options. Kelvin Chan, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024 Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and New Zealand provided support for the operation, according to a joint statement from the countries involved that was emailed to reporters by the Defense Department. Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024 Let the Service Journalism team know by emailing kcq@kcstar.com. Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

electronic mail

First Known Use

Noun

1979, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1983, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of email was in 1979

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Cite this Entry

“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

e-mail

noun
ˈē-ˌmāl
1
: a system for sending messages between computers
2
a
: messages sent through an e-mail system
receives a lot of e-mail
b
: an e-mail message
sent him an e-mail
e-mail verb
e-mailer
-ˌmāl-ər
noun

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