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verb ADV. direct PREP. to The brochures are mailed direct to members., noun ADJ. first-class, second-class | surface | express | registered | internal If we want to send something to another department, we use the internal mail. | international | direct direct mail advertising | incoming, outgoing | unopened, unread | electronic, video, voice | junk I throw junk mail straight in the bin without reading it. | hate He has received death threats and hate mail from angry fans. | fan QUANT. item, sackful VERB + MAIL send | get, receive | deliver | forward, redirect We got the Post Office to redirect our mail when we moved. | collect The mail is collected twice a day. | sort The postcode allows the mail to be sorted automatically. | check She checked her mail before leaving the hotel. | pick up | open | read | answer, deal with MAIL + VERB come, go Has the mail come yet? MAIL + NOUN order All our products are available by mail order. | message | item | program | system PREP. by ~ Send it by first-class mail. | in the ~ My reply is in the mail. Is there anything interesting in the mail?
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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mail
verbs
send mail
• Please do not send personal mail to my work address.
get/receive mail
• Did we get any mail this morning?
the mail comes/arrives
• The mail had come late that day.
the mail goes (out)
(= it leaves an organization to be sent )
• What time does the mail go out?
read your mail
• The first thing he did was read his mail.
open your mail
• She opened her mail as she ate her breakfast.
forward/redirect somebody's mail
(= send it to a new address )
• The post office will forward your mail for a limited time.
deliver the mail
• The postman had just delivered the mail.
sort mail
(= put it into different piles, ready for delivery )
• Some mail still has to be sorted by hand.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + mail
personal/private mail
(= for one person to read and nobody else )
• He accused her of reading his private mail.
fan mail
(= letters from fans )
• He gets so much fan mail he had to employ a secretary to deal with it.
hate mail
(= letters expressing hate )
• She got threatening phone calls and hate mail.
junk mail
(= letters, usually advertisements, that you do not want )
• I only ever get junk mail and bills.
registered mail
(= letters insured against loss or damage )
• You have to sign for registered mail.
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