Mail Forget Meɪl Letter I’ll Post/Mail I Form

• don't forget to mail that letter to your mother.
• don't forget to mail your mother that letter.
• the company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area.
• i’ll put an application form in the post/mail for you today.

mail

1. to send something to somebody using the postal system
• Don't forget to mail that letter to your mother.
• Don't forget to mail your mother that letter.
• The company intends to mail 50 000 households in the area.
• I’ll put an application form in the post/mail for you today.
• Send your fee by post/mail to this address.
• the Royal Mail.
• the US Postal Service.
• Was there any post/mail this morning?
• I sat down to open my post/mail.
• I’ll post the letter when I go out.
• I’ll mail the letter when I go out.
2. to send a message to somebody by email
• Please mail us at the following email address.
• The virus mails itself forward to everyone in your address book.
• Can you mail me that document you mentioned?

Extra Examples

• Mailing out information can be very expensive.
• The brochures are mailed direct to members.
• Don’t forget to mail that letter.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they mail
• he / she / it mails
• past simple mailed
• past participle mailed
• -ing form mailing

Word Origin

• 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.