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{
"term": "mail",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the official system used for sending and delivering letters, packages, etc.",
"sensetop": "in the mailby mailthrough the mailvia mail",
"labels": "British English also(especially North American English)(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a mail service/train/van"
},
{
"text": "the Royal Mail"
},
{
"text": "regular/postal mail *(= rather than email)*"
},
{
"text": "Hard copies of the documents are in the mail to you.",
"contextForm": "in the mail"
},
{
"text": "We do our business by mail.",
"contextForm": "by mail"
},
{
"text": "Never send cash through the mail.",
"contextForm": "through the mail"
},
{
"text": "We did not get any message via mail or email.",
"contextForm": "via mail"
},
{
"text": "If we want to send something to another department, we use the internal mail."
},
{
"text": "Send it by first-class mail."
},
{
"text": "Millions of people registered to vote by mail."
},
{
"text": "If you're sending correspondence through the mail these days, why not design your own stamps?"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
"… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
"verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
"mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
"mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
"preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "letters, packages, etc. that are sent and delivered",
"sensetop": "in the mail",
"labels": "British English alsoBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American EnglishBritish English(British English)(North American English)(British English)North American English(British English)(North American English)British EnglishNorth American English",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "There isn't much mail today."
},
{
"text": "I sat down to open the mail."
},
{
"text": "to send/receive/deliver mail"
},
{
"text": "Is there a letter from them in the mail?",
"contextForm": "in the mail"
},
{
"text": "Remember to cancel mail delivery when you go on vacation."
},
{
"text": "Has the mail come yet?"
},
{
"text": "Some people let their assistants handle the mail."
},
{
"text": "The mail is collected twice a day."
},
{
"text": "The postcode allows the mail to be sorted automatically."
},
{
"text": "We had our mail redirected when we moved out."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
"… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
"verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
"mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
"mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
"preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "messages/a message sent or received on a computer",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Check regularly for new mail."
},
{
"text": "She checked her mail before leaving the hotel."
},
{
"text": "You've got mail."
},
{
"text": "incoming/outgoing mail"
},
{
"text": "The company's **mail server** was down."
},
{
"text": "You can delete your mails with a single swipe."
}
],
"topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["certified", "registered", "express"],
"… of mail": ["item", "piece", "sackful"],
"verb + mail": ["post", "send", "get"],
"mail + verb": ["come", "go"],
"mail + noun": ["delivery", "order", "message"],
"preposition": ["by mail", "in the mail"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used in the title of some newspapers",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the Mail on Sunday"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "armour (= clothing to protect the body when fighting) made of small metal rings linked together",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a coat of mail"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/meɪl/",
"audio": "ma/mail/mail__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/meɪl/",
"audio": "ma/mail/mail__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘travelling bag’): from Old French male ‘wallet’, of West Germanic origin. The sense “by post” dates from the mid 17th cent."
}