email

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noun

ˈē-ˌmāl

variants or e-mail

: a means or system for transmitting messages electronically (as between computers on a network)

communicating by email

: messages sent and received electronically through an email system

receives a lot of email

plural emails or e-mails : an email message

sent him an email

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verb

variants or e-mail

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

transitive verb

: to send email to (someone)

She emailed her mom.

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The death of 28-year-old Juan Toscano did not appear to be criminal in nature, Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Cherie Zajdzinski said in an email Saturday. —

Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023 Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106. —

Nicholas Ivor Martin And Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 3 June 2023 The Bible was pulled from seven or eight elementary and middle schools and will stay in high school libraries, Davis School District spokesman Chris Williams said via email. —

Justine Mcdaniel, Washington Post, 3 June 2023 How Does Dollar Flight Club Work? Dollar Flight Club searches the internet for the best flight deals — including error fares — and sends the results directly to your email inbox. —

Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023 Schools email families about a dead student or a dead teacher. —

Mattie Kahn, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 June 2023 First, its language model would generate messages — texts, social media and email, perhaps including images and videos — tailored to you personally. —

Archon Fung, Fortune, 2 June 2023 Warren County commissioners' emails obtained by The Enquirer show that county officials are in discussions with Sinclair Community College about using land for a boulevard to the tennis center. —

Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023 Representatives for Roots Market did not respond to three emails from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram or an Instagram message requesting comment Thursday. —

Wire Services, Dallas News, 2 June 2023

Verb

Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at NAlvarez@al.com. —

Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 3 June 2023 To contact the newsroom regarding correction requests, please email nytnews@nytimes.com. —

New York Times, 3 June 2023 Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu or send mail to 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. —

Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 2 June 2023 Four weeks into Dallas’ ransomware attack, the city’s communications, outreach and marketing director emailed directions to the mayor and City Council on Wednesday to share little to no details about how it’s being handled. —

Everton Bailey Jr., Dallas News, 1 June 2023 Scroll to the bottom of the article to vote (please do not email in your votes). —

Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023 However, a statement emailed Friday by company spokeswoman Anna Torma suggests damage to their trees has been minimal so far. —

Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023 Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Enquirer and nominations made over the past week, including scores emailed to prepsports@enquirer.com. —

Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023 After Saturday’s game, Strom will gather numbers from more legends and email them off to Pfaadt. —

Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023 See More

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