Sekirov Dictionary

email

/ˈiːmeɪl/

noun 4
verb 3
/ɛˈmeɪl/ noun 1
forms 3

noun4

•
A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
- He sent me his details via email.
- The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.
•
a note written on a computer or phone and sent to someone's address on a network
- He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
- I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service.
•
The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
- I am searching through my old email.
- My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!
•
(informal) An email address.
- What’s your email?
- In this system, your username is your email.

verb3

•
To send an email or emails to.
- She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.
•
To send (data) through email.
- I’ll email you the link.
- He emailed the file out to everyone.
•
To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.
- Most teenagers seem to spend almost the whole day emailing and surfing the Web.

email

/ɛˈmeɪl/

noun1

(no longer used, rare) Enamel (“an opaque, glossy coating”).

forms

emailed · emailing · emails

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