(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ is the public service or system by which letters and parcels are collected and delivered.
Your check is in the ~...
The firm has offices in several large cities, but does most of its business by ~.
= post
N-SING: the N, also by N
2.
You can refer to letters and parcels that are delivered to you as ~.
There was no ~ except the usual junk addressed to the occupier...
= post
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
3.
If you ~ a letter or parcel to someone, you send it to them by putting it in a post box or taking it to a post office. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use post )
Last year, he ~ed the documents to French journalists...
He ~ed me the contract...
The Government has already ~ed some 18 million households with details of the public offer.
VERB: V n to n, V n n, V n with n, also V n
4.
To ~ a message to someone means to send it to them by means of e-~ or a computer network.
...if a report must be electronically ~ed to an office by 9 am the next day.
VERB: be V-ed prep, also V n
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Mail is also a noun.
If you have any problems then send me some ~.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
see also ~ing , chain ~ , e-~ , electronic ~ , hate ~ , junk ~ , surface ~