| Library / English Dictionary |
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
Example:
you cannot send packages by electronic mail
Synonyms:
e-mail; electronic mail; email
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("e-mail" is a kind of...):
electronic communication (communication by computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "e-mail"):
freemail (a service providing free email delivery in exchange for exposure to advertising)
junk e-mail; spam (unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk))
Antonym:
snail mail (any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service)
Derivation:
e-mail (communicate electronically on the computer)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they e-mail ... he / she / it e-mails
Past simple: e-mailed
Past participle: e-mailed
-ing form: e-mailing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Communicate electronically on the computer
Example:
she e-mailed me the good news
Synonyms:
e-mail; email; netmail
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "e-mail" is one way to...):
telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)
"E-mail" entails doing...:
mail; post; send (cause to be directed or transmitted to another place)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "e-mail"):
spam (send unwanted or junk e-mail)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Sentence examples:
They e-mail them the information
They e-mail the information to them
Derivation:
e-mail ((computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in)
