Saying email and internet addresses
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email | American Dictionary

email
noun[ C/U ]
(alsoe-mail)us/ˈiˌmeɪl/
a message sent from one person to another by computer:
[ U ]I save all my e-mail.
[ C ]She sent an e-mail to her children with the subject line, "Sad day."
email
verb[ T ]
(alsoe-mail)us/ˈiˌmeɪl/
to send something or write to someone using e-mail:
She had emailed us about a league workshop on Wednesday.
Late last week, the hospital e-mailed a statement declining to comment on the patient's case.

email | Business English

email
noun
 COMMUNICATIONS, IT (alsoe-mail)uk /ˈiːmeɪl/us
[ U ]
the system of sending messages over the internet:
have/use emailIt's important to speak to people directly from time to time, rather than always using email.
by emailYou can contact us through our website, by phone, or by email.
an email service/system
an email discussion/newsletter/update
[ C or U ]
a message or document, or a set of messages or documents, sent using this system:
reply to/answer (an) emailFaxes, phone calls, and emails have not been answered.
receive/get (an) emailHe has received a huge amount of email in response to the blog.
look at/check emailShe spends the first hour of her day checking her email.
send/forward (sb) an emailI'll send you an email with the details of the meeting.
delete/save an e-mail
email
verb[ T ]
(alsoe-mail)uk /ˈiːmeɪl/us
to send an email to someone:
E-mail us at info@businesslink.gov.uk.
email sth to sbCan you email the spreadsheet to me as an attachment?
email sb sthSubscribers will be emailed the dates and times of all upcoming chat forums.
email sb backEmail me back with your comments when you've read the report.

Examples of email

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Their ' ' birds ' ' have the capability to spot car number plates and individuals as well as eavesdrop on millions of faxes, emails and telephone calls.
The printed form is no longer produced by the few for the many; the masses are themselves texting, emailing, chatting, blogging, and producing web pages.
As has often been noted, the number of emails an individual receives daily is much greater than the normal post.
Academics certainly take less care in writing emails than in writing papers.
In addition, students should practise writing tasks that will be needed in their upcoming careers, such as summarising, composing emails, and taking notes and minutes.
However, the latest forms of mass-communication - principally faxes, computers, internet, emailing and texting - are primarily based on the written word.
There were 100 random emails to him which varied greatly in length and subject.
Finally, results can be printed or emailed to an instructor.
Students created two types of voiced audio emails each week during the semester: read aloud passages and grammar-drill completions.
Eight people have formally dropped out of the panel and a further six have not been in contact despite several letters and emails.
However, given that more time has been spent on tuning the resources to emails, and very little time training on the religious domain, it is not so unexpected.
The organisation and development of the prog ramme is discussed and data taken from the chats and emails are discussed from the point of view of intercultural lear ning.
Rather, a useful analogy can be drawn between emails and oral discourse, in which utterances - with all their passing inaccuracies - occur and pass more or less without comment.
Another indication of how emails and messages are closer to the spoken than the traditional written form comes immediately with the salutation (if indeed there is one).
Partly for this reason, emails, text messages and broadcast messages (instant messages, chat messages) are in many ways stylistically more similar to spoken language than traditional written forms.
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