fax

CEFRB1

/fæks/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A document sent electronically over a telephone line.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Ellipsis of fax machine (“the device for faxing; the medium of communication that it provides”).

Examples

  • Fax machines were a wonderful invention at the time.

  • Here is our answer to your fax message dated April 1st.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The face.

  2. The hair of the head.

  3. A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.

More examples

In context

  • Please send it to me by fax.

  • OK, now take it down the hall to the fax.

  • You can send it via email or fax. You can use an online fax service where you upload a PDF and then send it to a fax number.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English fax, from Old English feax (“hair, head of hair”), from Proto-West Germanic *fahs, from Proto-Germanic *fahsą (“hair, mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *poḱsom (“hair”, literally “that which is combed, shorn, or plucked”), from Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- (“to comb, shear, pluck”). Cognate with Dutch vas (“headhair”), German Fachs (“head-hair”), Norwegian faks (“mane”), Icelandic fax (“mane”), Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, hair, filament”).