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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Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Other than the police chief and the two lieutenants, officers work on average 42 hours per week of shift work, which does not include overtime, Leiby said in an email to the Statesman.
—Scott McIntosh, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
People are emailing him movie offers now, which is great because nobody’s been calling him for a long time.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Simply head to the site and make an account using your email address to access the savings.
—Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Other than the police chief and the two lieutenants, officers work on average 42 hours per week of shift work, which does not include overtime, Leiby said in an email to the Statesman.
—Scott McIntosh, Idaho Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
The filmmakers regularly emailed and called Williams, who was convicted of a 1992 murder in Texas and is seeking a new trial.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
People are emailing him movie offers now, which is great because nobody’s been calling him for a long time.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 9 Jan. 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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