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 Dictionary entry overview: What does email mean? 

• EMAIL (noun)
  The noun EMAIL has 1 sense:

1. (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

  Familiarity information: EMAIL used as a noun is very rare.

• EMAIL (verb)
  The verb EMAIL has 1 sense:

1. communicate electronically on the computer

  Familiarity information: EMAIL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMAIL (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

e-mail; electronic mail; email

Context example:

you cannot send packages by electronic mail

Hypernyms ("email" 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 "email"):

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:

email (communicate electronically on the computer)

• EMAIL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they email    ... he / she / it emails   
Past simple: emailed   
Past participle: emailed   
-ing form: emailing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicate electronically on the computer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

e-mail; email; netmail

Context example:

she e-mailed me the good news

Hypernyms (to "email" is one way to...):

telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

"Email" 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 "email"):

spam (send unwanted or junk e-mail)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

email ((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)

 Context examples 

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the organization.

(Organization Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

Face-to-face meetings will be very effective and help you do better than if you stay in touch only by telephone or email.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the organizational contact.

(Organizational Contact Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the performer.

(Performer Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the person.

(Person Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the healthcare facility.

(Healthcare Facility Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the healthcare provider.

(Health Care Provider Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

An algorithm akin to the annoyingly helpful one that attempts to auto-complete text messages and emails is now being harnessed for a better cause.

(Microbes are at work in our bodies, and researchers have figured out what they're up to, National Science Foundation)

This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos and so on.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

The findings, if confirmed by future studies, suggest that yogurt might serve as a widely acceptable modifiable factor, which could complement colorectal cancer screening and reduce risk of adenoma among the unscreened, Cao said by email.

(Eating Yogurt May Lower Risk of Colon Cancer in Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)