EMAIL

email, e-mail, netmail

(verb) communicate electronically on the computer; “she e-mailed me the good news”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

email (countable and uncountable, plural emails) (computing)

(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually through a network.

Antonym: snail mail

(uncountable) A quantity of messages sent through an email system.

(countable) A message sent through an email system.

(countable, informal) An email address.

Verb

email (third-person singular simple present emails, present participle emailing, simple past and past participle emailed)

(transitive) To send an email or emails to.

(transitive, may take two objects) To send (something) through email.

(intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.

Etymology 2

Noun

email (plural emails)

(obsolete, rare) Enamel.

Anagrams

• Lamie, ameli, maile

Source: Wiktionary



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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