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email

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e‧mail1 , e-mail
1TDTDTC [uncountable] a system that allows you to send and receive messages by computer [= electronic mail]:
contact someone by email
your email address
2 [uncountable and countable] a message that is sent from one person to another using the email system:
Send me an e-mail when you have any news.
I haven't had time to check my email this morning.
WORD FOCUS: Internet WORD FOCUS: Internet
places on the Internet: website/site, webpage, chatroom
things you do on the Internet: surf the net (spend time looking at websites for fun)
visit websites and chatrooms, download files from the Internet, email people or chat with them, shop online or work online. You can also bookmark sites that you want to go back to regularly, or put them on your list of favourites.Internet

➔ See also Internet
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