inbox
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnbɒks/, /ˈɪmbɒks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnbɑks/, /ˈɪmbɑks/
Noun
inbox (plural inboxes)
- A container in which papers to be dealt with are put.
- (computing) An electronic folder serving the same purpose, but for electronic files, especially email.
- 2014, Bonnie Hillman Shay, Take Charge of Your Email Inbox[1], page 35:
- Your goal with the remaining emails is to take care of them and remove them from your inbox as soon as possible.
- (figuratively) The aggregate of items that demand one's attention or effort.
- The kids, my ex, my parents, the job, bills — my inbox is full.
Related terms
Descendants
- → German: Inbox
Translations
container
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electronic folder
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See also
Verb
inbox (third-person singular simple present inboxes, present participle inboxing, simple past and past participle inboxed)
- (transitive) To put (something) in someone's inbox.
- I just inboxed you the presentation.
- (transitive) To communicate with (a person) by writing to their electronic inbox.
- 2014, J. L. King, Full Circle: Loving. Living. Life. After The Down Low:
- And now, social media has made it worse. From Facebook to Twitter, I get all kinds of invitations. Recently a sister inboxed me on Facebook and told me that she knew for a fact that I wanted her and she wanted me.
Synonyms
See also
References
- “inbox”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English inbox.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: in‧box
Noun
inbox m (plural inboxen)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈimboɡs/ [ˈĩm.boɣ̞s]
- Rhymes: -imboɡs
Noun
inbox m (plural inbox)
Swedish
Noun
inbox c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | inbox | inbox |
| definite | inboxen | inboxens | |
| plural | indefinite | inboxar | inboxars |
| definite | inboxarna | inboxarnas |
References
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔin˧˧ ʔɓəwk͡p̚˧˦], [ʔin˧˧ ʔɓawk͡p̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔin˧˧ ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˧˥], [ʔin˧˧ ʔɓawk͡p̚˦˧˥]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɨn˧˧ ʔɓəwk͡p̚˦˥], [ʔɨn˧˧ ʔɓawk͡p̚˦˥]
- Phonetic spelling: in bốc, in bóc
Noun
inbox
- private message, PM
- Chị check inbox e nhé.
- Please check up on my private message to you.
Verb
inbox
- to send someone such messages
- Ib em.
- Send me a private message.