FAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fax mean? 

• FAX (noun)
  The noun FAX has 1 sense:

1. duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

  Familiarity information: FAX used as a noun is very rare.

• FAX (verb)
  The verb FAX has 1 sense:

1. send something via a facsimile machine

  Familiarity information: FAX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

facsimile; facsimile machine; fax

Hypernyms ("fax" is a kind of...):

copier; duplicator (apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material)

Derivation:

fax (send something via a facsimile machine)

• FAX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fax    ... he / she / it faxes   
Past simple: faxed   
Past participle: faxed   
-ing form: faxing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Send something via a facsimile machine

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

facsimile; fax; telefax

Context example:

Can you fax me the report right away?

Hypernyms (to "fax" is one way to...):

telecommunicate (communicate over long distances, as via the telephone or e-mail)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence examples:

They fax them the information
They fax the information to them

Derivation:

fax (duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio)

 Context examples 

A telephone number that is used for identifying a destination fax machine in a telephone network.

(Fax Number, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the organizational contact.

(Organizational Contact Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the performer.

(Performer Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the organization.

(Organization Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the person.

(Person Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the healthcare facility.

(Healthcare Facility Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

Fax is short for facsimile, a telecommunications technology used to transfer copies of documents using devices operating over the telephone network.

(Fax, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of digits or characters used to identify a particular telephone, fax, or email of the healthcare provider.

(Health Care Provider Telecom Address, NCI Thesaurus)

An connective access point for telecommunication devices, such as modems or fax machines, for the transmission of data.

(Data Port, NCI Thesaurus)