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MAILING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mailing mean?

• MAILING (noun)
The noun MAILING has 2 senses:

1. mail sent by a sender at one time
2. the transmission of a letter

Familiarity information: MAILING used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MAILING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Mail sent by a sender at one time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

the candidate sent out three large mailings

Hypernyms ("mailing" is a kind of...):

mail; post (any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The transmission of a letter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

mailing; posting

Context example:

the postmark indicates the time of mailing

Hypernyms ("mailing" is a kind of...):

transmission; transmittal; transmitting (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted)

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