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e-mail
e-mail or email [  mayl ]


noun  (plural e-mails) (plural emails)
Definition:
 
1. computer-to-computer communication system: a system that allows text-based messages to be exchanged electronically, e.g. between computers or mobile phones.
Full form  electronic mail
2. e-mail message: a communication sent by e-mail


transitive verb  (3rd person present singular e-mails, present participle e-mailing, past and past participle e-mailed)
Definition:
 
communicate something by e-mail: to send a message to somebody by e-mail
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