Goofy question for the Q-Beaners
Goofy question for the Q-Beaners
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e-mail |ˈē ˌmāl| (also email)
noun
messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network : reading e-mail has become the first task of the morning | [as adj. ] e-mail messages.
• the system of sending messages by such electronic means : a contract communicated by e-mail.
• ( an e-mail) a message sent by e-mail : I got three e-mails from my mother today.
verb [ trans. ]
send an e-mail to (someone) : you can e-mail me at my normal address.
• send (a message) by e-mail : employees can e-mail the results back.
DERIVATIVES
e-mailer noun
ORIGIN late 20th cent.: abbreviation of electronic mail .