"mail merge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mail merges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mail merge (plural mail merges)
  1. (computing) A software product that uses a file (or database) of names and addresses, together with a template document, to produce multiple copies of a letter, each personally addressed to a different recipient. Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: direct mail, mailing list
    Sense id: en-mail_merge-en-noun-MLCUUKFl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

Forms: mail merges [present, singular, third-person], mail merging [participle, present], mail merged [participle, past], mail merged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} mail merge (third-person singular simple present mail merges, present participle mail merging, simple past and past participle mail merged)
  1. To carry out such a process. Synonyms: mailmerge, mail-merge
    Sense id: en-mail_merge-en-verb-pU9aWlxS

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