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mail

Definition

  • noun: the system used for sending letters and packages from one person to another
  • noun: material sent or carried in the postal system
  • verb: to send (something, such as a letter or package) by mail
  • verb: to send by mail
  • often used in plural
  • synonyms: payment, bag, post

Examples

  • They got a lot of 'hate mail' [=extremely angry letters, e-mail, etc.] from people who disagree with their policies.

  • Have you 'mailed' (out) the invitations yet? [=('chiefly Brit') have you posted the invitations yet?]

  • She 'mailed' me a copy of her manuscript. = She 'mailed' a copy of her manuscript to me.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Jose called for you, twice, by the way. - Is that some article? - No... These are. These are my thesis notes, I left them at school. Oh okay, well there's yesterday's mail. - What? - I don't know. You look - different. - I feel different. - Of course you do. - Okay. (..)
    2015 Fifty Shades of Grey