mail

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmeɪl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/meɪl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(māl)

Collocations for "mail"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "mail" in context.

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mail

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. mail me a copy of your [CV, application]
  2. mail a copy of your [CV] to
  3. mail a [letter, card, package, present]
  4. mailed it [yesterday, on Friday]
  5. mailed out [flyers, coupons]
  6. mailed (them) out to [customers, users, companies]
  7. [newsletter, refund, package] was mailed out
  8. was mailed (out) [on Friday, yesterday]
  9. mailed and delivered
  10. mailed from [France]
  11. mailed directly
  12. mailed by [air, truck, courier]
  13. [printed, completed, processed, prepared] and mailed
  14. [fax, email] or mail
  15. [must, has, needs] to be mailed by [Friday]
  16. mail back a [return, package, purchase]
  17. mailed me back to [confirm, let me know, say]
n
  1. [ordinary, registered, express, certified, air, couriered, snail] mail
  2. [junk, spam, unsolicited] mail
  3. [local, regional, intercity, national, international] mail
  4. the [first, morning, evening] mail
  5. [sort, deliver, hand out] the mail
  6. the mail is sorted [by hand, automatically, manually]
  7. [check, open, filter] your mail
  8. [respond, reply] to your mail
  9. is there any mail for me?
  10. was there any mail today?
  11. has the mail come [yet, today]?
  12. it came by mail [yesterday, this morning, last week]
  13. sent it in the mail [yesterday]
  14. send the [letter, documents, application, package] by [ordinary] mail
n as adj
  1. a mail [truck, sorting, carrier, service, delivery, address]
  2. available by mail order
  3. in his mail bag
  4. [desktop, customizable] mail client
  5. ask your mail administrator
  6. set up a mail filter
  7. a mail order [catalog, item, bride]
  8. a mail-to [address]
'mail' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
US - air - ballot - bomb - campus - carrier - chain - class - collection - compassionate - correspond - correspondence - decision - deliver - delivery - drop - express - fan - fax - fetch - flurry - forwarding - frank - hate - inbound - incoming - intimate - invitation - invite - issue - junk - normally - notification - outgoing - overnight - pack - parcel - rebate - recipient - recorded - refund - registered - renewal - reply - route - run - sender - snail - sorting - stack

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