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Email thread

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, email thread means: A series of connected email messages on the same subject, shown together in date order.

In Turkish: e-posta yazışma dizisi

How it is used

Used in office communication when people refer to ongoing discussions, previous answers, attachments, or copied recipients.

Example sentences

  1. I added the updated price list to the email thread so everyone could see the latest version before the client call.

    Here, email thread means the existing chain of related messages, which keeps all participants and documents together.

  2. The email thread became confusing after several people replied all with different meeting times and room changes.

    In this sentence, the term highlights a linked conversation where multiple responses can make information hard to follow.

Common collocations

  • long email thread
  • follow the email thread
  • email thread history
  • continue the email thread
  • reply allTo answer an email by sending your reply to the sender and to everyone else who received the original message.
  • ccShort for carbon copy: to send a copy of an email to someone for information, or the field where you put their address.

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