noun
fax
faks
noun
1
A document sent electronically over a phone line to be printed at the other end, or the machine that sends and receives such documents.
"Please send the signed contract by fax."
"The office still has an old fax machine in the corner."
verb
1
To send a document using a fax machine.
"Can you fax me the invoice today?"
How to Use Fax
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA way of sending documents over phone lines, once common in offices before email took over.
When to use it
Increasingly old-fashioned; mostly survives in legal, medical, and government offices.
Common pairings
send a fax
fax machine
fax number
Word Forms
faxed past tense, faxxed past tense, faxes plural, faxes singular, faxxes singular
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