faxed

Wired a document

Faxed is the past tense of fax, meaning to send a document electronically over telephone lines.

The fax machine scans a page and transmits it to a receiving machine that prints a copy.

Though largely replaced by email and scanning, faxing persists in legal, medical, and government contexts: I faxed the signed contract to the attorney's office.

document

contract

Enforceable written agreement

prescription · order · application · letter · memo · signature · paperwork · records · receipt · authorization

office

machine

Power-driven working device

toner · paper jam · busy signal · landline · dial tone · beep · thermal paper · rolodex · secretary · cubicle

transmission

sent

Caused to go

relayed · scanned · dispatched · delivered · communicated · conveyed · emailed · mailed · copied · confirmed

Categories
Opposites
communication method

faxedhand-delivered

Brought by a person directly

emailed · mailed · texted · couriered · posted

action completion

faxedreceived

Was given something

retained · withheld · kept · unsent

transmission action

faxedreceived

Was given something

got · obtained

Phrases
Family

fax, faxes, faxing, fax machine, telefax

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Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G