"mailing list" meaning in English

See mailing list in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: mailing lists [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mailing list (plural mailing lists)
  1. A collection of names and addresses used by an individual or an organization to send material (such as letters or junk mail) to multiple recipients. Translations (collection of names and addresses): قَائِمَة بَرِيدِيَّة (qāʔima barīdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 郵寄名單 (Chinese Mandarin), 邮寄名单 (yóujì míngdān) (Chinese Mandarin), nieuwslijst [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), adressenlijst [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), postiloend (Estonian), postituslista (Finnish), liste de diffusion (French), fichier d’adresses [masculine] (French), Mailingliste [feminine] (German), Verteiler [masculine] (German), póstlisti [masculine] (Icelandic), viðtakendaskrá (english: recipient file) [feminine] (Icelandic), mailing list [feminine] (Italian), indirizzario [feminine] (Italian), lista d'invio [feminine] (Italian), メーリングリスト (mēringu risuto) (Japanese), 메일링 리스트 (meilling riseuteu) (Korean), lista de discussão [feminine] (Portuguese), lista de correio [feminine] (Portuguese), lista de difusão [feminine] (Portuguese), спи́сок рассы́лки (spísok rassýlki) [masculine] (Russian), lista de correo [feminine] (Spanish), спи́сок розси́лки (spýsok rozsýlky) [masculine] (Ukrainian), danh sách thư (Vietnamese), danh sách gửi thư (Vietnamese), danh sách gởi thư (Vietnamese), hộp thư chung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-mailing_list-en-noun-Zk0sOfq2 Disambiguation of 'collection of names and addresses': 95 5
  2. An email list. Categories (topical): Collectives, Internet, Marketing Related terms: direct mail, mail merge
    Sense id: en-mailing_list-en-noun-F~rtTQRK Disambiguation of Collectives: 17 83 Disambiguation of Internet: 29 71 Disambiguation of Marketing: 20 80 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 22 78

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "collection of names and addresses",
      "word": "hộp thư chung"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "mailing list"
  ],
  "word": "mailing list"
}

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