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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪnbɒks/, /ˈɪmbɒks/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnbɑks/, /ˈɪmbɑks/
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → German: Inbox
Translations
[edit]container
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electronic folder
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “inbox”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]inbox m (plural inbox)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]inbox c
Declension
[edit]Declension of inbox | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | inbox | inboxen | inboxar | inboxarna |
Genitive | inbox | inboxens | inboxars | inboxarnas |
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