email

Or e-mail

[ee-meyl]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a system for sending messages to one or more recipients via telecommunications links between computers using dedicated software or a web-based service.
Communication by email is almost instantaneous.
a message sent by email.
Send me an email about that idea, and I'll get back to you.
an address at which a person can receive email messages.
He’s got my phone number and email in case he needs to contact me.

verb (used with object)

to send (a message or file) to (a person or organization) by email: I emailed the company but haven’t heard back yet.
He emailed his response to the invitation.
I emailed the company but haven’t heard back yet.

verb (used without object)

to send an email; communicate by email or exchange emails: We emailed back and forth for three weeks before actually meeting.
She emailed to say she’ll be on vacation next week.
We emailed back and forth for three weeks before actually meeting.

Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of email¹

First recorded in 1975–80; e(lectronic) + mail ¹

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

“First, we believe there’s strength in diversity,” Perkins and Crawford said in a joint email response to follow-up questions about their plans.

From

Opera and the Music Center has done a really good job about sending emails and updating us about what was going on.

From

“As we have repeatedly said, for all of the obvious reasons, the Enhanced Games or any other open competition is a bad idea,” Tygart said in comments emailed to Agence France-Presse.

From

The Forest Service “continues to ensure it has the strongest and most prepared wildland firefighting force in the world,” Moore wrote in an email.

From

The Nimbus subvariant has also been increasing since May in California, the state Department of Public Health said in an email to the Los Angeles Times.

From

emagram e-mail

Browse