nnoun.communication(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs inTopic:computer sciencecomputing
Synset:e-mail electronic mail
Examples:- you cannot send packages by electronic mail
Antonyms:snail mail
Derivationally Related Form:emaile-mail
Hypernyms:electronic communication
Inherited Hypernyms:electronic mailelectronic communicationtransmissioncommunicationacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:freemailjunk e-mailspam
Full Hyponyms:freemailspam
vverb.communicationcommunicate electronically on the computerTopic:computer sciencecomputing
Synset:e-mail netmail
Examples:- she e-mailed me the good news
Derivationally Related Form:emaile-mail
Hypernyms:telecommunicate
Inherited Hypernyms:e-mailtelecommunicatecommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:spam
Entailment:mail post send
Full Troponyms:spam
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | They --- them the information (apply to: netmail, e-mail) | They --- the information to them (apply to: netmail, e-mail)