voicemails

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of voicemail.

   She returned from vacation to forty unread voicemails.

   He deleted his old voicemails to free up storage on the device.

   Note

   Only the message can be counted. When voicemail names the system that stores and plays back recorded calls, it is a mass noun with no plural: you check your voicemail, not your voicemails. The -s form belongs to the individual messages left on that system, as in three new voicemails or a backlog of old voicemails to clear.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of voicemail.

   Whenever the line is busy, she simply voicemails the details instead.

   The dispatcher voicemails each driver the route before the shift begins.

   Note

   A regular present-tense verb form that happens to share its spelling with the plural noun. Position tells them apart. After a singular subject it is the verb (she voicemails the team). After a number or determiner it is the noun (two voicemails). The verb means leaving a recorded message, and it adds -s like any regular verb.

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