mail (mails 3rd person present) (mailing present participle) (mailed past tense & past participle )
1 n-sing The mail is the public service or system by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered.
(=post)
Your check is in the mail...
2 n-uncount You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as mail.
(=post)
There was no mail except the usual junk addressed to the occupier...
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)
Last year, he mailed the documents to French journalists... V n to n
4 verb To mail a message to someone means to send it to them by means of e-mail or a computer network.
...if a report must be electronically mailed to an office by 9 am the next day. be V-ed prep, Also V n
Mail is also a noun., n-uncount
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mailing
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chain mail
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e-mail
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electronic mail
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hate mail
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junk mail
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surface mail mail out phrasal verb If someone mails out things such as letters, leaflets, or bills, they send them to a large number of people at the same time.
(mainly AM)
(=send out)
This week, the company mailed out its annual report. V P n (not pron), Also V n P
in BRIT, use send out