{
    "term": "mail",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the official system used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc.",
            "sensetop": "in the mailby mailthrough the mailvia mail",
            "labels": "British English also(especially North American English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a mail service/train/van"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Royal Mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "regular/postal mail *(= rather than email)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hard copies of the documents are in the mail to you.",
                    "contextForm": "in the mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We do our business by mail.",
                    "contextForm": "by mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Never send cash through the mail.",
                    "contextForm": "through the mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We did not get any message via mail or email.",
                    "contextForm": "via mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If we want to send something to another department, we use the internal mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Send it by first-class mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Millions of people registered to vote by mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're sending correspondence through the mail these days, why not design your own stamps?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
                "… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
                "verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
                "mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
                "mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
                "preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "letters, packages, etc. that are sent and delivered",
            "sensetop": "in the mail",
            "labels": "British English alsoBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English(British English)(North American English)(British English)North American English(British English)(North American English)British EnglishNorth American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There isn't much mail today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I sat down to open the mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to send/receive/deliver mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is there a letter from them in the mail?",
                    "contextForm": "in the mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Remember to cancel mail delivery when you go on vacation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Has the mail come yet?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some people let their assistants handle the mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mail is collected twice a day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The postcode allows the mail to be sorted automatically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had our mail redirected when we moved out."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
                "… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
                "verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
                "mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
                "mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
                "preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "messages/a message sent or received on a computer",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Check regularly for new mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She checked her mail before leaving the hotel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You've got mail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "incoming/outgoing mail"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company's **mail server** was down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can delete your mails with a single swipe."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
                "… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
                "verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
                "mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
                "mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
                "preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used in the title of some newspapers",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the Mail on Sunday"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "armour (= clothing to protect the body when fighting) made of small metal rings linked together",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a coat of mail"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/meɪl/",
                "audio": "ma/mail/mail__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/meɪl/",
                "audio": "ma/mail/mail__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘travelling bag’): from Old French male ‘wallet’, of West Germanic origin. The sense “by post” dates from the mid 17th cent."
}