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[ tel-i-gram ] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR telegram ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna message or communication sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch. verb (used with or without object), tel·e·grammed, tel·e·gram·ming.Origin of telegramAn Americanism dating back to 1850–55; tele-1 + -gram1 OTHER WORDS FROM telegramtel·e·gram·mic, tel·e·gram·ma·tic [tel-i-gruh-mat-ik], /ˌtɛl ɪ grəˈmæt ɪk/, adjectiveWords nearby telegramtelega, telegenic, telegnosis, Telegonus, telegony, telegram, telegraph, telegraph buoy, telegraphese, telegraphic, telegraphone Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for telegramInquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone. The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST I sent a telegram to the Rabbi in Damascus asking if he needed religious books and prepaid [for his response]. The Woman Who Saved Syria’s Jews|Emma Beals|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Almost “magically,” he soon received a telegram from Hollywood urging him to reconsider. ‘The Counselor’ & How Cormac McCarthy Beat the Hollywood Curse|Andrew Romano|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST His voice is high-pitched, yet wields the power to cut right through a room of telegram operators. Is Steven Spielberg’s Historical Epic, ‘Lincoln,’ Really That Great? |Marlow Stern|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
One morning, there arrived a letter for me from Alan—a remarkable thing of itself, neither a postcard nor a telegram. Alan Turing’s Brother: He Should Be Alive Today|John Ferrier Turing|June 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST Twice he made the blundering maid repeat the telegram, and finally exhausted with the mental effort, dropped into unconsciousness. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp|Katherine Stokes They carried him back to the dressing-station one day and sent home a telegram saying that he was wounded in the face. God's Green Country|Ethel M. Chapman When he received the telegram in reply he knew it granted what he had asked. Lippincott's Magazine. Vol. XII, No. 33. December, 1873.|Various "We've just had a wire from Mr. O'Hanlon," he cried excitedly, handing me a telegram. The Social Gangster|Arthur B. Reeve He held out beneath her eyes the telegram he had received that morning. The Vultures|Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for telegram
nouna communication transmitted by telegraphSee also cable (def. 5), Telemessage Derived forms of telegramtelegrammatic (ˌtɛlɪɡrəˈmætɪk) or telegrammic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to telegramsummons, telegraph, buzzer, wire, cable, signal, flash, call, report, radiogram, telex, cablegram, teletype |