Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

listserv

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: list-serv
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.

Example Sentences

"At subregional, regional, and global conferences, as well as through websites, listservs, cyberjournals, newsletters, and public reports and books, feminists from the South have articulated strategies to break down structural inequality […]"
"Rather than producing flashy television spots, it has placed simple ads on Web sites of news organizations and urbanbaby.com, and tried to spread its positions by posting on education and community listservs and blogs."
"[A] man named Satoshi Nakamoto posted a research paper to an obscure cryptography listserv describing his design for a new digital currency that he called bitcoin."
"Last month, the Forward reported, a former student at Mechon Hadar—a co-ed egalitarian yeshiva in New York—emailed the school's listserv with a plea for the institution to cut ties with [Leslie] Wexner in light of the unspooling allegations against [Jeffrey] Epstein."

Etymology

Clipping of listserver.

Inflected Forms

listservs (plural) listserve (alternative)

Synonyms

mailbase

Questions

What does listserv mean?: A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.
Where does listserv come from?: Clipping of listserver.

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