faxed
Faxed (verb) means past tense of fax: sent a document electronically over a phone line. Example: “She faxed the signed contract back within the hour.”
How to use faxed
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishPast tense of "fax" — sent something by fax machine.
Word forms
- Comparative
- more faxed
- Superlative
- most faxed
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She _____ the signed contract back within the hour.
Etymology
Came into English via Middle English *faxed, which developed from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). See further at fax.