fax

noun

/fæks/

(also formal facsimile)

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(also fax machine)
[countable] a machine that sends and receives documents in an electronic form along phone wires and then prints them
- The office equipment included a photocopier and a fax, but no computer.
Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- incoming
- junk
verb + fax
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
fax + noun
- machine
- number
- line
- …
preposition
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
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[uncountable] a system for sending documents using scanned images over a phone line or the internet
- by fax In those days we often sent documents by fax.
Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- incoming
- junk
verb + fax
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
fax + noun
- machine
- number
- line
- …
preposition
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
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[countable] a letter or message sent by fax
- You can still send faxes via email.
Collocations Phones
PhonesMaking and receiving phone calls
- the phone/telephone rings
- answer/pick up/hang up the phone/telephone
- lift/pick up/hold/replace the receiver
- dial a (phone/extension/wrong) number/an area code
- call somebody/talk (to somebody)/speak (to somebody) on the phone/telephone; from home/work/the office
- make/get/receive a phone call
- take the phone off the hook (= remove the receiver so that the phone does not ring)
- the line is (British English) engaged/ (especially North American English) busy
- the phones have been (North American English) ringing off the hook (= ringing frequently)
- put somebody through/get through to the person you want to speak to
- put somebody on hold (= so that they must wait for the person they want to speak to)
- call from/use a landline
Mobile/cell phones
- be/talk on a (both British English) mobile phone/mobile/(especially North American English) cell phone/(informal, especially North American English) cell
- use/answer/call (somebody on)/get a message on your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- switch/turn on/off your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- charge/recharge your mobile phone/mobile/cell phone/cell
- a mobile/cell phone is on/is off/rings/goes off
- (British English) top up your mobile/cell (phone)
- send/receive a text (message)/an SMS (message)/a fax
- insert/remove/change a SIM card
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- incoming
- junk
verb + fax
- send (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
fax + noun
- machine
- number
- line
- …
preposition
- by fax
- fax from
- fax to
- …
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Word Origin1940s: abbreviation of facsimile.

fax

verb

/fæks/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they fax	/fæks/ /fæks/
he / she / it faxes	/ˈfæksɪz/ /ˈfæksɪz/
past simple faxed	/fækst/ /fækst/
past participle faxed	/fækst/ /fækst/
-ing form faxing	/ˈfæksɪŋ/ /ˈfæksɪŋ/

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to send somebody a document, message, etc. by fax
- fax somebody something Could you fax me the latest version?
- fax something to somebody Could you fax it to me?
- fax something I faxed the list of hotels through to them.
Topics Phones, email and the internetc1
Word Origin1940s: abbreviation of facsimile.