Mail - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |meɪl|  American pronunciation of the word mail
Brit.  |meɪl|  British pronunciation of the word mail

noun

- the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
- the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office (syn: post)
the mail handles billions of items every day
he works for the United States mail service
in England they call mail 'the post'
- a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
- any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered (syn: post)
your mail is on the table
- (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

verb

- send via the postal service (syn: get off)
I'll mail you the check tomorrow
- cause to be directed or transmitted to another place (syn: post, send)
I'll mail you the paper when it's written

Extra examples

...if you don't mail that letter soon, it's going to arrive late...

I'll send the book to you by mail.

The order came by mail.

The letter must have been lost in the mail.

I see from the postmark that this postcard was mailed from Mary's holiday address.

The cheque was mailed to your home address yesterday.

She mailed the package to me.

The letter was mailed from Oregon to Pennsylvania.

Select a state and town to which to mail the letter.

The envelope indicated the letter was mailed from Brooklyn.

She's been reading my private mail.

He found a mountain of mail waiting for him.

He promised to forward my mail to my new address. (=send it from my old home or office)

He gets sacks of fan mail. (=letters from people who admire him and are his fans)

The mail here's really slow and unreliable.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: mail
he/she/it: mails
present participle: mailing
past tense: mailed
past participle: mailed
noun
singular: mail
plural: mails
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