receive an email

/rɪˈsiːv ən ˈiːmeɪl/

get an electronic message

She received an email from her boss this morning.

This means she got a digital message from her boss.

informal

to get an electronic message sent to your email account

I received an email with important updates.

This means I got a digital message with new information.

Did you receive the email I sent yesterday?

This is asking if the person got the digital message sent the day before.

This phrase is commonly used in both personal and professional contexts.

Collocations

receive an email fromget a message from someonereceive an email aboutget a message regarding a topic

to transmit a digital message

to look at incoming messages

This phrase is widely used in both personal and professional communication.

Always specify who sent the email or what it was about for clarity.

Combination of the verb 'receive' (from Old French 'recivre') and the noun 'email' (short for 'electronic mail').

This phrase is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts, especially in professional and digital communication.

receive

to get something

verb

indefinite article

determiner

electronic message

noun

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