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Meaning of Gmail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/[ˈd͡ʒiːˌmeɪl]/

Definitions

  1. A web-based e-mail system provided by Google (trademarked Gmail).
  2. A Gmail account.
    informal
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Gmail.
    alt-of
  4. An e-mail sent using Gmail.
    informal

Examples

“He has a Gmail account.”
“For now, it’s hard to conclude that Sunak will succeed in rebooting a government that’s been reset more times than most people’s Gmail passwords.”
“Afterwards, when Alex had dozed off, I […] logged on to my Gmail. I sat, gazing at him sleeping and really didn’t know what to write.”
“[H]e saw an endless stack of Gmail accounts, one after the other. The tips of his fingers became cold as bone. He aimed at one of the Gmails and opened it, but he needed a user name and a password.”
“Then I switched to my Gmail and found a heart-melting email from Rustem (Jordan), who was born in Kazakhstan and then adopted by an American family.”
“Although the service was free, Google planned to make money. It would include ads, or “sponsored links,” with each Gmail. […] For example, if someone wrote about a planned vacation, the person receiving the Gmail might notice sponsored links for airlines, travel agencies, or car rentals. Did this mean someone at Google was reading the Gmails? No, but many users were uneasy and indignant.”
“My wife, Betty, for helping me get through the Gmails and the computer know-how.”
“Clearly he is alluding to the Gmails I sent parodying the well-known Dead Sea Scrolls pundit and distinguished department chairman Lawrence Schiffman of New York University—parodies that made him appear to be accusing himself of misconduct.”
“There is a major controversy brewing around GMail, the “free” e-mail service from Google providing 1 gigabyte of free storage, far more than any other ISP offers.”
“I got in to the oh-so-awesome GMail network courtesy of a friend last week. Now, another e-mail id to look after? That is not exactly convenient.”
“Maybe you like GMail so much you want to switch ALL your e-mail to it.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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