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
variants
or e-mail
emailed or e-mailed; emailing or e-mailing; emails or e-mails
1
: to send email to (someone)
She emailed her mom.
2
: to send (something) by email
I'll email the documents tomorrow.
: 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
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Scrutiny has landed on university donors as well as several academics whose emails with Epstein surfaced in the latest files, including some who have resigned.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
In August, someone emailed Meiner a series of photos showing people sleeping outside — on a wall near the boardwalk, on the beach sand, atop a lifeguard stand.
—Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Kathryn Ruemmler, former White House counsel to President Obama, resigned from her senior role at Goldman Sachs after emails revealed a longstanding friendship with Epstein, who gifted her designer Hermès items.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Scrutiny has landed on university donors as well as several academics whose emails with Epstein surfaced in the latest files, including some who have resigned.
—Julie Carr Smyth, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
An agent named Gaskell — powered by OpenClaw and Anthropic’s API — emailed me Monday about a tech networking event organized by a team of seven agents, overseen by three humans.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 27 Mar. 2026
In August, someone emailed Meiner a series of photos showing people sleeping outside — on a wall near the boardwalk, on the beach sand, atop a lifeguard stand.
—Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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variants
or e-mail
1
: a system for sending messages between computers
2
a
: messages sent through an email system
receives a lot of email
b
: an email message
sent him an email
email
verb
or e-mail
emailer
noun
-ˌmāl-ər
or e-mailer
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