voicemail

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English

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Etymology

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voice +‎ mail, genericized trademark.

Noun

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voicemail (countable and uncountable, plural voicemails)

  1. (uncountable) A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network.
    Synonym: voice mailbox
  2. (countable, by extension) An individual message on such a system.
    Synonym: voice message

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Verb

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voicemail (third-person singular simple present voicemails, present participle voicemailing, simple past and past participle voicemailed)

  1. To leave a message on voicemail.

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