Noun:
- Electronic mail: A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, especially the internet. It refers to the system itself or to individual messages sent via this system.
- A message sent via this system: An individual piece of electronic correspondence.
Verb:
- To send an electronic message: To communicate with someone by sending a message via an electronic mail system.
Noun:
- Please check your e-mail for the meeting agenda.
- I received an important e-mail from the university.
Verb:
- I will e-mail you the document this afternoon.
- She e-mailed her professor to ask for an extension.
"To be inundated with e-mail": To receive an overwhelming amount of electronic mail.
- After the announcement, the office was inundated with e-mail.
"To have an e-mail exchange": To correspond with someone through a series of electronic messages.
- We had a lengthy e-mail exchange to finalize the contract details.
E-mailer (n): A person who sends an e-mail or a program used for sending e-mail.
- The e-mailer failed to include the necessary attachment.
E-mailing (n/gerund): The act of sending electronic mail.
- The e-mailing of confidential data requires encryption.
- Electronic mail (n): The full term for e-mail.
- Message (n): A general term for a piece of communication, which can be electronic.
(Note: As a compound verb, "e-mail" itself is not typically used with particles to form phrasal verbs. The action is usually expressed with prepositions like "to" or "about.") - E-mail back: To reply to an e-mail. - He promised to e-mail back with his decision soon.
- E-mail out: To send an e-mail to a list of recipients.
- The coordinator will e-mail out the instructions to all participants.
(Note: There are few idioms specific to "e-mail" as it is a modern term. Common expressions relate to its pervasive nature.) - "It's in your e-mail": A common phrase indicating that information has been sent electronically and the recipient should check their inbox. - The report is ready; it's in your 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
- you cannot send packages by electronic mail
- communicate electronically on the computer
- she e-mailed me the good news