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
Nina MetzExamples of email in a Sentence
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Fox News Digital reached out to an email address listed for Mahoney, but did not immediately hear back.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Here are the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, April 10, through Wednesday, April 16, as of Thursday afternoon:
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at servicejournalists@sacbee.com.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Several teenagers who are students in another school district came to Chisholm Trail High School to watch one of their friends play in a softball game, said Megan Overman, the district’s executive director of communications, in an email to the Star-Telegram.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Fox News Digital reached out to an email address listed for Mahoney, but did not immediately hear back.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
No tech support, bank, major ecom site or other platform will call or email out of the blue to inform you of a problem.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Here are the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, April 10, through Wednesday, April 16, as of Thursday afternoon:
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at servicejournalists@sacbee.com.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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