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verb/fæks/
/fæks/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fax | /fæks/ /fæks/ |
| he / she / it faxes | /ˈfæksɪz/ /ˈfæksɪz/ |
| past simple faxed | /fækst/ /fækst/ |
| past participle faxed | /fækst/ /fækst/ |
| -ing form faxing | /ˈfæksɪŋ/ /ˈfæksɪŋ/ |
- to send somebody a document, message, etc. by fax
- fax somebody something Could you fax me the latest version?
- fax something to somebody Could you fax it to me?
- fax something I faxed the list of hotels through to them.
Word Origin1940s: abbreviation of facsimile.Definitions on the go
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