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."—
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Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Anne Enright reads a full day of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Assembly Bill 739 proposes heightening scrutiny of management fees by creating Civil Code 5378, requiring HOAs to email requesting members a list of management fees.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Discovering evidence of bigger fraud About a week after launching, the Rodeo Drive Team turned its focus to EDD fraud, emails show.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Anne Enright reads a full day of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Residents circulated petitions, called and emailed their representatives, and shared information on social media to oppose the project.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Assembly Bill 739 proposes heightening scrutiny of management fees by creating Civil Code 5378, requiring HOAs to email requesting members a list of management fees.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 11 Mar. 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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