/ˈiːmeɪl/
Translation
A message you write and send from one computer or phone to another.
Word origin
Short for electronic mail; the e at the front stands for electronic.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- electronic mail
- English cognates
Grammar
Examples
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You send and receive emails.
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"Check your emails" means look at your new messages.
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"Email" also works as a verb meaning to send by email.
Used in
Grammar articles
(8)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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