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E-MAIL

Pronunciation (US):

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 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) 

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)

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