telegram
see also: Telegram
Etymology

From tele- + -gram.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/
Noun

telegram (plural telegrams)

  1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
    Synonyms: wire, cable, telegrapheme
    • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC ↗:
      There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. […] Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
Translations Verb

telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

  1. (intransitive) To send a telegram.
  2. (transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
  3. (transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.

Telegram
Etymology

See telegram.

Verb

telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)

  1. To send a message using Telegram Messenger
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