E-mail noun - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in.
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Word noun - A pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field.
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You will know what it's like to be working right up until 11:59 PM and have to shoot off an e-mail or upload the word file like you're trying to Outrun the Fireball.
Source: When the Clock Strikes Twelve - German speakers, when faced with a two-word term that is rendered as a compound word in German, will often hyphenate the phrase in English (software-version, root-folder, E-mail etc.) or even smash it together instead of writing it as two separate words.
Source: Useful Notes / German Language - In Germany, electronic mail is referred to as "E-Mail" (with a hyphen, pronounced the same as the English word), although simply "Mail" is used too.
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Word and E-mail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/e-mail/word
E-mail & Word. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/e-mail/word>.
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