Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mail
Participle: mailed
Gerund: mailing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mail |
| you | mail |
| he;she;it | mails |
| we | mail |
| you | mail |
| they | mail |
Perfect
| I | have mailed |
| you | have mailed |
| he;she;it | has mailed |
| we | have mailed |
| you | have mailed |
| they | have mailed |
Past
| I | mailed |
| you | mailed |
| he;she;it | mailed |
| we | mailed |
| you | mailed |
| they | mailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mailed |
| you | had mailed |
| he;she;it | had mailed |
| we | had mailed |
| you | had mailed |
| they | had mailed |
Future
| I | will mail |
| you | will mail |
| he;she;it | will mail |
| we | will mail |
| you | will mail |
| they | will mail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mailed |
| you | will have mailed |
| he;she;it | will have mailed |
| we | will have mailed |
| you | will have mailed |
| they | will have mailed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mail |
| you | mail |
| he;she;it | mail |
| we | mail |
| you | mail |
| they | mail |
Perfect
| I | have mailed |
| you | have mailed |
| he;she;it | have mailed |
| we | have mailed |
| you | have mailed |
| they | have mailed |
Imperfect
| I | mailed |
| you | mailed |
| he;she;it | mailed |
| we | mailed |
| you | mailed |
| they | mailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had mailed |
| you | had mailed |
| he;she;it | had mailed |
| we | had mailed |
| you | had mailed |
| they | had mailed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mail |
| you | would mail |
| he;she;it | would mail |
| we | would mail |
| you | would mail |
| they | would mail |
Perfect
| I | would have mailed |
| you | would have mailed |
| he;she;it | would have mailed |
| we | would have mailed |
| you | would have mailed |
| they | would have mailed |
Imperative
| you | mail |
| we | Let's mail |
| you | mail |
Verbs conjugated like 'mail'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mail'
ail,
bail,
email,
fail,
Gmail,
hail,
jail,
maim,
main,
mall,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *molko-der.?
3. Thracianbor.?
4. Proto-Germanic *malhō
5. Frankish *malhabor.
6. Medieval Latin malader.
7. Anglo-Norman malebor.
8. ▲
9. Old French malebor.
10. Middle English male
11. English mail
12. From Middle English male, from Anglo-Norman male, Old French male (“bag, wallet”), from Frankish *malha (“bag”), from Proto-Germanic *malhō (“bag, pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *molko- (“leather pouch”). Compare Dutch maal.
Verbs referencing "mail"
Danish
maile.
Sample Sentences
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Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
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There has been a crackdown on non-ARPA use of a local ARPA gateway, so I am reluctant to attempt to mail the file to ARPA sites. [1983, Donn Seeley, “Source for 'Grab'”, in net.unix-wizards (Usenet):]
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Since .mp3's are so big (well for me with a 33.6kp/s connection they are anyway) maybe you should offer on your site to mail the file to people who want it, and have them request it, thus saving your web space, your upload time and their download time […] [1998, Michael Tomsett, “Re: Multiple postings?”, in alt.music.manics (Usenet):]
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If you mail an attachment from one mail client then it does not matter if the receiver uses a different mail client. The mail you send should be able to be read from their mail client. [2003, Chrissy, “Re: Send mail with attachment”, in microsoft.public.excel.programming (Usenet):]
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I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
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I was horrified but my data was OK. Then, it saw it open my e-mail package and start to mail my friends. I turned the power off. [2000, Carlton Alton Deltree, “Whoever did this sucks...”, in alt.comp.virus (Usenet):]
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'Yes, at Quantico. She was so excited by it, she sent all those emails, you remember I told you about it -' 'Yes, she mailed me from there too.' [2002, Jessica Mann, The voice from the grave, page 189:]
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He mailed me and said he had managed to hack into my email accounts. [2011, Rose Budworth-Levine, Intimate Encounters, page 41:]