郵送する
解説 Definition
mailing は mail（郵送する）の現在分詞・動名詞で、郵送すること、または郵送用の送付物という意味です。手紙や書類、案内などを郵便で送る行為や作業を表すときに使います。
Mailing is the act or process of sending letters, forms, invitations, or other items through the postal system. As the -ing form of mail, it can function as a noun-like gerund or as part of a continuous verb phrase.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
mailing は mail に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、語末のつづりは変わらない。Mailing the forms なら動名詞「用紙を郵送すること」、is mailing なら現在分詞「郵送している」。finish mailing documents のように、手紙・書類・招待状を郵便で送る作業と結び付けて覚える。
Form mailing by adding -ing directly to mail; no letter is dropped or doubled. Then use sentence structure to identify its job. In “Mailing the forms took minutes,” it is a gerund naming the activity. In “She is mailing the invitations,” it is a present participle in a continuous verb phrase. The form commonly occurs with objects such as letters, forms, documents, invitations, and packages. It usually concerns sending physical items through a postal service, while emailing specifically refers to sending electronic messages.
例文
Mailing the forms took only a few minutes.
その用紙を郵送するのには数分しかかかりませんでした。
She is mailing the invitations today.
彼女は今日、招待状を郵送しています。
The office finished mailing the documents before noon.
事務所は正午前に書類の郵送を終えました。
mailing の類義語・関連語
mailing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 male（旅行かばん）を経て、フランク語 *malha（革袋）に遡る。「郵便物を袋に入れて運ぶ」行為から mail（郵便）が生まれ、-ing を付けて「郵送」の意味に。関連語に mailbox, email がある。
Mailing consists of mail plus the productive English suffix -ing. Mail, in its postal sense, developed from a word for a traveling bag or pack, entering through Old French male and ultimately reflecting a Germanic source. Because letters were carried together in bags, the word came to denote the postal material and system. Adding -ing creates a form naming or describing the action of sending by mail.
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