a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service: Communication by email is almost instantaneous.
a message sent by email: Send me an email about that idea, and I'll get back to you.
verb (used with object)
to send (a message or file) to (a person or organization) by email: He emailed his response to the invitation. I emailed the company but haven’t heard back yet.
verb (used without object)
to send an email; communicate by email or exchange emails: She emailed to say she’ll be on vacation next week. We emailed back and forth for three weeks before actually meeting.
This URL can then be posted on social media, or sent in a text message, email or anywhere else.
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Patrick Henry principal Michelle Irwin did not answer Voice of San Diego’s questions but sent an email to cheer families Tuesday night indicating the coaches were out.
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The series will go out via email each Friday through this calendar year and can also be found on the Folger website.
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The journalist who broke the NSA domestic spying story has told a Brazilian news program that emails from both leaders were being intercepted.
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It might be quicker for you to find apps, emails or websites this way.
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But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
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In an email exchange a friend said many had repeated this same succinct review but they could never elaborate.
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The email appears to have been a relatively common attempt to gain personal information from a wide range of unwitting victims.
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Yet the email references the 1970s, “when police officers were ambushed and executed on a regular basis.”
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She adds that they continued to email, but “finally, in so many words, he declined to be interviewed.”
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Any lawyer shows up here again representing me, I want you to email me.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
We can figure out by email how to have a smooth transition, but no more of this.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
In order to deal with these notes, she had taught herself to pause, breathe, and re-read any email message before clicking send.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
I'd like you to tell me your login and password for your Pirate Party email, please?
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
I called and left voicemail the next day, then followed up with an email.
Makers|Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for email
e-mail
email
/ (ˈiːmeɪl) /
noun
short for electronic mail
verb(tr)
to contact (a person) by electronic mail
to send (a message, document, etc) by electronic mail
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Words related to email
web, information technology, communications, e-mail, data bank, electronic mail, information superhighway, virtual reality, global village, infobahn, voice mail
Cultural definitions for email
e-mail
E-mail has become one of the most widely used aspects of the Internet, because it provides a means of mass communication to almost anywhere in the world at high speed.
notes for e-mail
The proliferation of spam and the transmission of computer viruses through e-mail attachments are two of the more problematic aspects of this technology.
A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network. E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received. E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.
A message or messages sent or received by such a system.