email

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

Britton-Harr, who continued to email over 400 members who had joined his program with promises of a fresh restart, seemingly operated a few flights. —Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

Before the start of each renewal, you will be emailed a reminder notice summarizing the details of your subscription and the rate that you will be charged. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2026

Prosecutors said Bolton also used personal email accounts, like those from AOL and Google, to email classified information to the family members. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 June 2026

Grass did not return calls or emailed requests for comment. —Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1983, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing email

• junk email

Rhymes for email

• airmail
• assail
• avail
• bewail
• blackmail
• cattail
• cocktail
• curtail
• derail
• detail
• dovetail
• entail

Kids Definition

email

noun

variants or e-mail

ˈē-ˌmāl 

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

-ˌmāl-ər

noun

or e-mailer