Meaning of fax In English

• 0 (a copy of) a document that travels in electronic form along a phone line and is then printed on paper:

  • I'll send you a fax with the details of the proposal.

  • I'll send you the agenda by fax.

  • Do you have a fax at home?

• 1 to send a document using a fax machine:

  • I'll fax it (through/over/across) to you.

  • [ + two objects ] Fax me your reply/Fax your reply to me.

• 2 a document that is sent by electronic image through a telephone line:

  • I’ll send you a fax of the proposal.

• 3 a document that is sent electronically along a phone line and is printed out when it is received:

  • send sb a fax Could you send me a fax with your contact details please.

• 4 a machine for sending and receiving documents electronically along a phone line:

  • Do you have a fax at home?

• 5 a way of sending and receiving documents electronically along a phone line:

  • send sth by fax I'll send the invoice by fax.

• 6 to send a document electronically along a phone line using a fax machine:

  • Please fax me a copy of your passport.