Meaning of "mail" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAIL

From Old French male bag, probably from Old High German malha wallet.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MAIL

mail  [meɪl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIL

Mail is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb mail in English.

WHAT DOES MAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mail

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting documents and other small packages, as well as a name for the postcards, letters, and parcels themselves. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is often in the form of adhesive postage stamps, but postage meters are also used for bulk mailing. Modern private postal systems are typically distinguished from national postal agencies by the names "courier" or "delivery service". Postal authorities often have functions other than transporting letters. In some countries, a Postal Telegraph and Telephone service oversees the postal system as well as having authority over telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports.

Definition of mail in the English dictionary

The first definition of mail in the dictionary is Also called : post. letters, packages, etc, that are transported and delivered by the post office. Other definition of mail is the postal system. Mail is also a single collection or delivery of mail.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MAIL

PRESENT

Present

I mail

you mail

he/she/it mails

we mail

you mail

they mail

Present continuous

I am mailing

you are mailing

he/she/it is mailing

we are mailing

you are mailing

they are mailing

Present perfect

I have mailed

you have mailed

he/she/it has mailed

we have mailed

you have mailed

they have mailed

Present perfect continuous

I have been mailing

you have been mailing

he/she/it has been mailing

we have been mailing

you have been mailing

they have been mailing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I mailed

you mailed

he/she/it mailed

we mailed

you mailed

they mailed

Past continuous

I was mailing

you were mailing

he/she/it was mailing

we were mailing

you were mailing

they were mailing

Past perfect

I had mailed

you had mailed

he/she/it had mailed

we had mailed

you had mailed

they had mailed

Past perfect continuous

I had been mailing

you had been mailing

he/she/it had been mailing

we had been mailing

you had been mailing

they had been mailing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will mail

you will mail

he/she/it will mail

we will mail

you will mail

they will mail

Future continuous

I will be mailing

you will be mailing

he/she/it will be mailing

we will be mailing

you will be mailing

they will be mailing

Future perfect

I will have mailed

you will have mailed

he/she/it will have mailed

we will have mailed

you will have mailed

they will have mailed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been mailing

you will have been mailing

he/she/it will have been mailing

we will have been mailing

you will have been mailing

they will have been mailing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would mail

you would mail

he/she/it would mail

we would mail

you would mail

they would mail

Conditional continuous

I would be mailing

you would be mailing

he/she/it would be mailing

we would be mailing

you would be mailing

they would be mailing

Conditional perfect

I would have mail

you would have mail

he/she/it would have mail

we would have mail

you would have mail

they would have mail

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been mailing

you would have been mailing

he/she/it would have been mailing

we would have been mailing

you would have been mailing

they would have been mailing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you mail
we let´s mail
you mail

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to mail

Past participle

mailed

Present Participle

mailing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mail» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of mail

correspondence · dispatch · forward · letters · post · send

TRANSLATION OF MAIL

Find out the translation of mail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of mail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mail» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 邮件
• Translator English - Spanish: correo
• English: mail
• Translator English - Hindi: मेल
• Translator English - Arabic: بَرِيْدٌ
• Translator English - Russian: почта
• Translator English - Portuguese: correspondência
• Translator English - Bengali: মেইল
• Translator English - French: courrier
• Translator English - Malay: Mel
• Translator English - German: Post
• Translator English - Japanese: 郵便
• Translator English - Korean: 우편물
• Translator English - Javanese: Mail
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thư từ
• Translator English - Tamil: மெயில்
• Translator English - Marathi: मेल
• Translator English - Turkish: posta
• Translator English - Italian: posta
• Translator English - Polish: poczta
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пошта
• Translator English - Romanian: poștă
• Translator English - Greek: ταχυδρομείο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: pos
• Translator English - Swedish: post
• Translator English - Norwegian: post

10 QUOTES WITH «MAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mail.

1

Kenneth Anger

Some very famous directors have started in the mail room, which is just getting inside the studio, getting to know people, getting to know the routine.

2

Julian Assange

We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it - which is sometimes something that's quite hard to do, when you're talking about giant databases of information - release it to the public and then defend ourselves against the inevitable legal and political attacks.

3

Joe Baca

The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million.

4

Drew Barrymore

I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.

5

Jason Bateman

I never looked at fan mail, for some reason. My mother and grandmother handled my mail - although it's not like I was ever in the stratosphere of Kirk Cameron or Scott Baio.

6

Hans Blix

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps a single individual who was able to make anthrax, dry it, and spread it through the mail and cause terror.

7

Ben Brantley

I have received hostile voice mail messages and e-mails. They are often anonymous, I'm sad to say, as anonymous messages are delivered only by very low forms of human life, in my opinion.

8

Geraldine Brooks

'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.

9

Hilarie Burton

I like to write paper mail - nobody does that anymore - with my pen pals.

10

Alexander Calder

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIL»

Discover the use of mail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Beaded Chain Mail Jewelry: Timeless Techniques with a Twist

Bestselling author and chain mail expert Whyte presents his time-tested, time-saving techniques with more than 30 breathtaking projects, ranging from extremely simple to challenging. Illustrations throughout.

Dylon Whyte, 2009

E-Mail Hacking

Deriving data from actual research experiments, code analysis, case studies and consumer study, this book will open the reader's eyes to security threats, secrets and loopholes that until now were unnoticed.

Ankit Fadia, 2009

Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

Based on evidence in the literature and real-life casestudies, this book examines the validity of those claims.

Matthias Schonlau, Ronald D., Jr. Fricker, Marc N. Elliott, 2002

Mail and Female: Epistolary Narrative and Desire in Ovid's ...

Using feminist and psychoanalytic approaches to examine the "female voice" in the Heroides, Sara H. Lindheim closely reads these fictive letters in which the women seemingly tell their own stories.

Sara H. Lindheim, 2003

Programmer's Guide to Internet Mail: SMTP, POP, IMAP, and LDAP

Written by an expert e-mail and messaging consultant from Compaq, this book is loaded with sample code you can use to begin and accelerate application development."--BOOK JACKET.

John Rhoton, 2000

Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method -- ...

A crucial resource for increasing response rates and obtaining high-quality feedback from mail, electronic, and other surveys Don Dillman's Mail and Internet Surveys, Second Edition has been the definitive guide for creating and conducting ...

Don A. Dillman, 2011

Building a Mail Order Business: A Complete Manual for Success

I highly recommend this professional book."— Melvin Powers, mail order entrepreneur "...must reading for the entrepreneur whose mind is on mail order."— Paul Muchnick, Chairman, National Mail Order Association "Its good sense and nuts ...

William A. Cohen, PhD, 1996

Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques

With computer-generated illustrations that show every step, this text thoroughly introduces all the key construction procedures, including the proper methods of winding, opening and closing the metal rings.

Terry Taylor, David Dylon Whyte, 2006

Writing Effective Letters, Memos, & E-mail

This book helps make business writing easy, with tips on matching business language to the proper format--memos, reports, proposals, letters, and more.

Arthur Henry Bell, 2004

Mail by the Pail

A young girl learns how the birthday card she makes for her father will get to him as he works on a freighter carrying coal on Lake Michigan.

Colin Bergel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mail is used in the context of the following news items.

Rogin: Homeland Security Leaders Bent Rules on Private E-Mail

Jeh Johnson, the secretary of homeland security, and 28 of his senior staffers have been using private Web-based e-mail from their work ... «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»

Royal Mail letter revenues fall in 'challenging' trading | Business …

A dog walker near Woking posts a letter but the use of email is continuing to eat into Royal Mail's traditional market. Photograph: Luke ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Detroit Mayor Duggan, officials use private e-mail for city business

City of Detroit officials, including Mayor Mike Duggan, sometimes use private e-mail accounts to conduct the public's business — a practice that ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»

Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson blasted for 'homophobic … - Daily Mail

Jeremy Clarkson was today accused of being homophobic after tweeting a poor-taste joke about being sacked by the BBC. The 55-year-old ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Iggy Azalea displays her signature hourglass figure - Daily Mail

... her signature hourglass figure in sporty lingerie for underwear brand's 100th birthday campaign. By Alicia Vrajlal for Daily Mail Australia. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Racy in lace! Shanina Shaik shows off tanned and toned … - Daily Mail

In another shot shared with Daily Mail Australia, the brunette stunner stares tantalizingly down the lens in a full sleeve number with a teardrop ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

'Tastes like vomit... it's diabetes in a slice': Aussie girls try … - Daily Mail

By Lauren Grounsell For Daily Mail Australia. Published: 20:34 EST, 20 July 2015 | Updated: 22:06 EST, 20 July 2015. 534 shares. 94. View comments. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Benefits by The Sea estate residents 'ask Royal Mail to remove it …

Residents in a village the subject of Channel 5 documentary Benefits by The Sea have asked Royal Mail to remove any reference to the estate ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Calvin Harris continues to gush about 'incredible … - Daily Mail

Speaking about his blossoming romance with the Bad Blood singer, the Acceptable In The 80s hitmaker admitted: 'It's not even a case of ticking ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

NRL Round 20 Early Mail: Bryce Cartwright confident he'll play for …

PANTHERS gun Bryce Cartwright is hopeful of overcoming a knee injury to play this weekend, while Manly's Daly Cherry-Evans is in doubt. «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»