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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tel•e•graph /ˈtɛlɪˌgræf/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Telecommunicationsa system or a device for sending messages to a distant place, esp. by electric signals between two devices connected by a conducting wire:sent by telegraph.
v. - Telecommunicationsto send or transmit (a message) by telegraph to (someone): [~ + object]They telegraphed a message to her.[~ + object + object]They telegraphed her the message.[~ + that clause]They telegraphed that the next train was carrying the gold.[no object]They telegraphed ahead with the news.
- Informal Terms to let someone else see (one's intentions, etc.), but without knowing one has done so:[~ + object]The boxer telegraphed his left hook by dipping his arm just before aiming it.
te•leg•ra•pher /təˈlɛgrəfɚ/USA pronunciation ;[esp. Brit.,] te•leg•ra•phist, /təˈlɛgrəfɪst/USA pronunciation n. [countable]See -graph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tel•e•graph (tel′i graf′, -gräf′),USA pronunciation n. - Telecommunicationsan apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, esp. by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
- Nautical, Naval Termsan apparatus, usually mechanical, for transmitting and receiving orders between the bridge of a ship and the engine room or some other part of the engineering department.
- Telecommunicationsa telegraphic message.
v.t. - Telecommunicationsto transmit or send (a message) by telegraph.
- Telecommunicationsto send a message to (a person) by telegraph.
- Informal Termsto divulge or indicate unwittingly (one's intention, next offensive move, etc.), as to an opponent or to an audience; broadcast:The fighter telegraphed his punch and his opponent was able to parry it. If you act nervous too early in the scene, you'll telegraph the character's guilt.
v.i. - Telecommunicationsto send a message by telegraph.
- French télégraphe (1792) a kind of manual signaling device; see tele-1, -graph
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: telegraph /ˈtɛlɪˌɡræf -ˌɡrɑːf/ n - a device, system, or process by which information can be transmitted over a distance, esp using radio signals or coded electrical signals sent along a transmission line connected to a transmitting and a receiving instrument
- (as modifier): telegraph pole
vb - to send a telegram to (a person or place); wire
- (transitive) to transmit or send by telegraph
- (transitive) to give advance notice of (anything), esp unintentionally
- (transitive) Canadian informal to cast (votes) illegally by impersonating registered voters
telegraphist /tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪst/, teˈlegrapher n |