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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
- Example: "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"
[syn: electronic mail, e-mail, email]


VERB (1)

1. communicate electronically on the computer;
- Example: "she e-mailed me the good news"
[syn: e-mail, email, netmail]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\([=e]"m[^a]l`), n. electronic mail; a digitally encoded message sent from one computer to another through an electronic communications medium, especially by means of a computer network. Syn: electronic mail. [PJC] email E-mail
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

E-mail \E-mail\, email \email\, e-mail \e-mail\v. t. [imp. & p. p. E-mailed; p. pr. & vb. n. E-mailing.] to send (an e-mail message) to someone; as, I emailed the article to the editor; she emailed me her report. Syn: mail electronically. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

email n 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; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail" [syn: electronic mail, e-mail, email] [ant: snail mail] v 1: communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed me the good news" [syn: e-mail, email, netmail]
The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

email /ee'mayl/ (also written ?e-mail? and ?E-mail?) 1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines. Contrast snail-mail, paper-net, voice-net. See network address. 2. vt. To send electronic mail. Oddly enough, the word emailed is actually listed in the OED; it means ? embossed (with a raised pattern) or perh. arranged in a net or open work?. A use from 1480 is given. The word is probably derived from French ?maill? (enameled) and related to Old French emmaille?re (network). A French correspondent tells us that in modern French, ?email? is a hard enamel obtained by heating special paints in a furnace; an ?emailleur? (no final e) is a craftsman who makes email (he generally paints some objects (like, say, jewelry) and cooks them in a furnace). There are numerous spelling variants of this word. In Internet traffic up to 1995, ?email? predominates, ?e-mail? runs a not-too-distant second, and ?E-mail? and ?Email? are a distant third and fourth.