Meaning & use
fax
A document sent electronically over telephone lines, or the machine used to send and receive it.
See it in a sentence
The office still keeps an old fax machine for a few clients who prefer it.
She received a fax confirming the shipment details early that morning.
A note on using this word
Fax technology, once essential in offices, is now largely outdated, replaced by email and other digital document sharing.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To send a document electronically over telephone lines using a fax machine.
Could you fax the signed contract to the legal department before noon?
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