mail

[[t]me͟ɪl[/t]]

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mails, mailing, mailed

1) N-SING: the N, also by N The mail is the public service or system by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered.

Your check is in the mail...

People had to renew their motor vehicle registrations through the mail...

The firm has offices in several large cities, but does most of its business by mail.

Syn:

post

2) N-UNCOUNT: also the N You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as mail.

There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier...

Nora looked through the mail.

Syn:

post

3) VERB If you mail a letter or parcel to someone, you send it to them by putting it in a post box or taking it to a post office. [mainly AM]

[V n to n] Last year, he mailed the documents to French journalists...

[V n n] He mailed me the contract...

[V n with n] The Government has already mailed some 18 million households with details of the public offer. [Also V n]

(in BRIT, usually use post)

4) VERB To mail a message to someone means to send it to them by means of electronic mail or a computer network.

[be V-ed prep] ...if a report must be electronically mailed to an office by 9 am the next day. [Also V n]

N-UNCOUNT

Mail is also a noun.

If you have any problems then send me some mail.

5) → See also , chain mail, , electronic mail, , junk mail, surface mail

Phrasal Verbs:

- mail out