variants
or e-mail
1
: a means or system for transmitting messages electronically (as between computers on a network)
communicating by email
2
a
: messages sent and received electronically through an email system
receives a lot of email
b
plural emails or e-mails
: an email message
sent him an email
variants
or e-mail
emailed or e-mailed; emailing or e-mailing; emails or e-mails
1
: to send email to (someone)
She emailed her mom.
2
: to send (something) by email
I'll email the documents tomorrow.
: to communicate by email
As I write this, a colleague who takes an amateur interest in tracking the weather emailed to say it would be "among the hottest days of 2019 so far, if not #1."—
Nina Metz
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Tarun Galagali, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Mayor Quinton Lucas sent an email to city council members on Thursday informing them that the orders affected funding on three programs that were administered by former President Joe Biden’s administration and authorized by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Researchers at Japan’s Sophia University found that mailing people coupons, followed by an email, generated over 5 times as many sales as those who were emailed a coupon, a sales differential that was more than enough to offset the expense of printing and mailing.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Work environments directly impact fundamental aspects of brain health: our sleep patterns through late-night emails and early meetings, our stress levels through deadlines and expectations, and our social connections through team dynamics and workplace culture.
—Tarun Galagali, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Mayor Quinton Lucas sent an email to city council members on Thursday informing them that the orders affected funding on three programs that were administered by former President Joe Biden’s administration and authorized by Congress in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
Here are the results of Sacramento County food facility inspections for Thursday, Jan. 16, through Wednesday, Jan. 22, as of Thursday afternoon:
If an inspection listed below needs clarification, business owners can email The Sacramento Bee at servicejournalists@sacbee.com.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
Researchers at Japan’s Sophia University found that mailing people coupons, followed by an email, generated over 5 times as many sales as those who were emailed a coupon, a sales differential that was more than enough to offset the expense of printing and mailing.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Email.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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