noun · verb
Simple meaning
A system for sending messages and data using computers over the internet
Pronunciation
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
uncountable
A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
uncountable
The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
countable
A message being sent through email.
countableinformal
An email address.
verb
intransitive
To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner (estimated)
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
Used this way, email is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a computing use: it carries a fixed technical meaning inside software and systems work.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
- Technical/specialist writing
- Business/professional
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- messagingnoun
- mailingnoun
- sendernoun
- encryptionnoun
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