email

Forms

1.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.
- Please stop sending me “constructive criticisms” via email, or telling me that “ I feel you are being defensive”, especially just after I have told you “you’re loved”. “Rewards” like that are horrible.
2.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!
3.A message being sent through email.
- I archive my old emails using a cloud-based service.
- He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
4.An email address.(informal)
- In this system, your username is your email.
- Don’t send personal messages to my work email.

1.To send an email or emails to.
- She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.
2.To send (data) through email.
- He emailed the file out to everyone.
- I’ll email you the link.
3.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.

Common· #1738

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

New Latin ēlectricusbor.

English electric

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Hellenic *éimi

Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der.

English ion