voicemail
voicemail Lexical Profile
voicemail Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A centralized electronic system that can store spoken messages from telephone callers for later retrieval by the intended recipient.
"Please leave your name and number after the tone, as her phone went straight to voicemail."
A single spoken message recorded and stored on an electronic telephone answering system.
"He listened to three urgent voicemails from his supervisor before heading into the morning meeting."
• verb
To send or leave a recorded spoken message for someone via an electronic telephone answering system.
"If you cannot reach the client directly, please voicemail him with the updated schedule."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 1970s by combining 'voice' and 'mail', originally patterned after electronic mail systems as automated telephone answering networks were developed.