{
    "term": "email",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a way of sending messages and data to other people by means of computers connected together in a network",
            "sensetop": "by emailvia emailthrough email",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I will be on vacation for a week in November, with no access to email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They use email, conference calls and chat rooms to discuss business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to send a message by email",
                    "contextForm": "by email"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Automated notifications will be sent via email or text message.",
                    "contextForm": "via email"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Membership notifications go out through email in the fall.",
                    "contextForm": "through email"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What's your **email address**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an **email account/message/attachment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an email newsletter/list"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each of the rooms has internet and email access."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If a member does not have email, a letter is sent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is in constant email contact with a number of college staff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some members used email to renew their membership."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next day I got 400 email responses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Users receive email notification of special offers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Web-based email providers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can sign up to receive email alerts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a free email service"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rise in corporate email traffic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Enquiries are answered promptly by phone, email or letter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She returned from holiday to a full email inbox."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had an email exchange with him regarding an article I'd written."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The negotiations took place over email."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["junk", "spam", "unsolicited"],
                "verb + email": ["compose", "type", "write"],
                "email + verb": ["arrive", "announce something", "claim something"],
                "email + noun": ["address", "message", "attachment"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a message sent by email",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thanks for your email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **send/receive/read an email**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to forward/delete an email"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've been exchanging emails over the past few weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to **check my email**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**unsolicited/spam/junk email**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got an email from Andrew last week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Reading email has become the first task of the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "filtering devices that block unwanted email"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an email announcing his promotion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I saw what he'd written I fired off an angry email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The email contains a link to the retailer's website."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some companies monitor all employee email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sent an email to the company asking about their products."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most people check their email several times a day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An email arrives in your inbox."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Concertgoers will receive a confirmation email."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company shut down its website for two days after its customers were targeted by phishing emails."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band insists they answer every fan email personally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many people have written emails requesting more information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Consumers are accustomed to seeing phrases like these used to lure them into opening spam emails."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a flood of emails"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had an exchange of emails with John about the show."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["junk", "spam", "unsolicited"],
                "verb + email": ["compose", "type", "write"],
                "email + verb": ["arrive", "announce something", "claim something"],
                "email + noun": ["address", "message", "attachment"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːmeɪl/",
                "audio": "em/email/email__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈiːmeɪl/",
                "audio": "em/email/email__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 20th cent.: abbreviation of electronic mail."
}