(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ or a ~ machine is a piece of equipment used to copy documents by sending information electronically along a telephone line, and to receive copies that are sent in this way.
...a modern reception desk with telephone and ~...
These days, cartoonists send in their work by ~.
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2.
If you ~ a document to someone, you send it from one ~ machine to another.
I ~ed a copy of the agreement to each of the investors...
Did you ~ him a reply?...
Pop it in the post, or get your secretary to ~ it...
I ~ed 10 hotels in the area to check room size.
VERB: V n to n, V n n, V n, V n
3.
You can refer to a copy of a document that is transmitted by a ~ machine as a ~.
I sent him a long ~, saying I didn’t need any help.
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