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e-mail

Syllabification: (e-mail)
Pronunciation: /ˈēmāl/

(also email)
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Definition of e-mail

noun

  • messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network:reading e-mail has become the first task of the morning [as modifier]:e-mail messages
  • the system of sending messages by electronic means from one computer to another:a contract communicated by e-mail
  • a message sent by e-mail:I got three e-mails from my mother today

verb

[with object]
  • send an e-mail to (someone):you can e-mail me at my normal address
  • send (a message) by e-mail:employees can e-mail the results back

Derivatives

e-mailer

noun

Origin:

1980s: abbreviation of electronic mail

e-mail in other Oxford dictionaries

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