verb phrase · neutral
send an email
/sɛnd ən ɪˈmeɪl/send an e·MAIL
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to send an electronic message to someone
Examples
“I need to send an email to the teacher about my absence.”
“She sent an email with the application attached.”
“Please send an email to confirm your appointment.”
Band 8 sentence
“If the deadline is near, I'll send an email to the admissions office this afternoon.”
Collocations
- send an email to someone
- send an email with an attachment
Word family
email nounemail (to email) verbemailed / sending an email verb
Common mistakes
send email→send an email
send a mail→send an email
Say it for a higher band
5email someone→6send email→7+send an email
Synonyms
drop someone an email
Easily confused
write an email
“I wrote an email last night but forgot to send it.”
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