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email

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Entry from World dictionary

Pronunciation:/ˈiːmeɪl/
(also e-mail)

noun

[mass noun]
  • messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network:reading email has become the first task of the morning [count noun] :we received thousands of emails
  • the system of sending messages by electronic means:a contract communicated by email

verb

[with object]
  • send an email to (someone)
  • send (a message) by email

Derivatives

emailer

noun

Origin:

1980s: abbreviation of  electronic mail

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Email can also be spelled e-mail, with a hyphen; the spelling with the hyphen is now less common.

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