- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also e-mail) nounADJECTIVE▪ junk, spam, unsolicited, unwanted▪ abusive (esp. BrE), angry (esp. AmE), nasty (esp. AmE)▪ incoming, outgoingVERB + EMAIL▪ compose, type, write▪ fire off, send▪
When I saw what he'd written I fired off an angry email.
▪ get, receive▪ exchange emails▪ use▪Some members used email to renew their membership.
▪ have▪If a member does not have email, a letter is sent.
▪ access, check, open, read▪software which allows you to access your emails from any computer
▪Most people check their email several times a day.
▪ answer, reply to, return▪He never returns my emails.
▪ forward▪ delete▪ archive, store▪ retrieve▪ download▪ print▪ scan▪ monitor▪Some companies monitor all employee email.
▪ post▪You cannot post private emails to the website.
▪ block, filter▪filtering devices that block unwanted email
EMAIL + VERB▪ arrive▪An email arrives in your inbox.
▪ announce sth, claim sth, say sth, state sth, tell sb sth▪an email announcing his promotion
▪ ask sth, request sth▪I sent an email asking about their products.
▪ contain sth▪The email contains a link to the retailer's website.
EMAIL + NOUN▪ address▪ message▪ attachment▪ service, system▪a free email service
▪ server▪ provider▪Web-based email providers
▪ subscriber, user▪ account▪ box (esp. AmE), inbox▪ program, software▪ access▪Each of the rooms has Internet and email access.
▪ link▪ reply, response▪The next day I got 400 email responses.
▪ list▪Add your name to the email list.
▪ alert, reminder, update, warning▪You can sign up to receive email alerts.
▪ confirmation, enquiry (esp. BrE), invitation, notification, query, request▪Users receive email notification of special offers.
▪ campaign, survey▪ communication, conversation, correspondence, discussion, exchange, interview▪ contact▪She is in constant email contact with a number of college staff.
▪ newsletter▪ traffic▪the rise in corporate email traffic
▪ spam▪ hoax (esp. AmE), scam▪ virus, worm{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbEmail is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑viewer
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
